Is there a specific instance of animal death prior to the fall in the Bible? None that I am aware of.
But we do have passages like Romans and other Scriptures that speak on death, blood, and the flesh that one can presume no death took place. We also have the commandmant to eat only plants given by God, which would rule out animals eating animals.
JM
But we do have passages like Romans and other Scriptures that speak on death, blood, and the flesh that one can presume no death took place. Ah, so you admit it! Your belief is based on a presumption. You are adding to the Word of God.
All those passages about blood and death and the flesh that you refer to could just as easily be referring to human death and not animal death.
We also have the commandmant to eat only plants given by God, which would rule out animals eating animals.
I know of no such commandment. Pray tell, where is it to be found?