Okay. The point isn't that it didn't happen a lot back then, the point was that God fucking ENCOURAGED them to do it. He's supposed to be a goddamn omnibenevolent being. It doesn't matter that everyone else did it (and continued to do it for years), it doesn't really make it better, and most of all, he's God, you'd think he could have a better solution.
I said that he should have poofed some land in for the OTHER people. Try reading next time.
Maybe he should have put in some giant glowing signs or something, shit like "Don't go here or I'll encourage my chosen people to slaughter every one of you, yours Truly God". I mean, he's omniscient, he should have seen it coming.