In Genesis 7:4-12 it confirms the flood arose from the earth's troposphere and
from underground aquifers . Now according to Genesis 7:19, the waters "rose
greatly ... and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered."
The English translation seems to imply that even Mt. Everest was submerged under the flood waters. The Hebrew word for "high," however, simply means elevated" and for "mountain," it means anything from "a small hillock" to "a towering peak." The Hebrev verb for "covered" allows three alternatives:
1:inundated,
2:rained upon,
3:washed over as by a rush of water.
In any of these cases if about 15 cubits of standing water, and about 15 cubits
of sudden rainfall, or about 15-cubit rush of water fell ,there would be no
human or animal survivors. Genesis 8 gives us the most significant evidence for a universal, but not a global, flood. The four different Hebrev verbs used in
Genesis 8:1-8 to describe the receding of the flood waters indicate that these
waters returned to their original sources. In other words, the waters of the
flood are still to be found within the aquifers and troposphere and oceans of
planet Earth. Since the total water content of the earth is only 22 percent of
what would be needed for a global flood, it appears that the Genesis flood could
not have been global.The Biblical Scripture also shows , the Nephilim were on
earth after the flood , that alone proves the flood was not Global .
If the floodwaters became the present oceans ,then all the freshwater fish would have had no place to find fresh water. A Global Flood would have caused great fluctuation in sea pressures ,many of the deep-sea creatures would have
invariably die from the decompression when they would had to be brought to the surface.
Gen.8:1 it says, "YHVH made a wind to pass over the earth and the waters
receded." Wind passing over a body of water will cause evaporation and then
clouds form which can then dump the water elsewhere. If the whole earth was
overlaid with water, how can a wind cause the water to recede . Keep in mind
,many of the sayings in the Biblical Scriptures are, Colloquialisms, and must be
interpreted as so. It is a fact that the writers of scripture often used a form
of speech known as Synecdoche , to convey their messages.
Again , Hebrev has many generic words that carry several meanings. The word
"erets," which is translated as "earth" is throughout the flood account, which
also means land, country, a region .
from underground aquifers . Now according to Genesis 7:19, the waters "rose
greatly ... and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered."
The English translation seems to imply that even Mt. Everest was submerged under the flood waters. The Hebrew word for "high," however, simply means elevated" and for "mountain," it means anything from "a small hillock" to "a towering peak." The Hebrev verb for "covered" allows three alternatives:
1:inundated,
2:rained upon,
3:washed over as by a rush of water.
In any of these cases if about 15 cubits of standing water, and about 15 cubits
of sudden rainfall, or about 15-cubit rush of water fell ,there would be no
human or animal survivors. Genesis 8 gives us the most significant evidence for a universal, but not a global, flood. The four different Hebrev verbs used in
Genesis 8:1-8 to describe the receding of the flood waters indicate that these
waters returned to their original sources. In other words, the waters of the
flood are still to be found within the aquifers and troposphere and oceans of
planet Earth. Since the total water content of the earth is only 22 percent of
what would be needed for a global flood, it appears that the Genesis flood could
not have been global.The Biblical Scripture also shows , the Nephilim were on
earth after the flood , that alone proves the flood was not Global .
If the floodwaters became the present oceans ,then all the freshwater fish would have had no place to find fresh water. A Global Flood would have caused great fluctuation in sea pressures ,many of the deep-sea creatures would have
invariably die from the decompression when they would had to be brought to the surface.
Gen.8:1 it says, "YHVH made a wind to pass over the earth and the waters
receded." Wind passing over a body of water will cause evaporation and then
clouds form which can then dump the water elsewhere. If the whole earth was
overlaid with water, how can a wind cause the water to recede . Keep in mind
,many of the sayings in the Biblical Scriptures are, Colloquialisms, and must be
interpreted as so. It is a fact that the writers of scripture often used a form
of speech known as Synecdoche , to convey their messages.
Again , Hebrev has many generic words that carry several meanings. The word
"erets," which is translated as "earth" is throughout the flood account, which
also means land, country, a region .