The Book of Beginnings

Studies in Genesis

Lesson 35 : Excursus – Chronology of the Mabbûl

THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE MABBÛL – IS THE 40 DAYS INCLUSIVE IN THE 150 DAYS? – WHEN DID THE RAINS STOP? – WHEN DID THE MABBÛL PEAK? – COULD THE WATERS OF THE MABBÛL HAVE PEAKED AT DAY 40 BUT MAINTAINED AT THE SAME LEVEL UNTIL DAY 150? – WHEN DID THE WATERS BEGIN TO RECEDE? – WHEN THE WATERS RECEDE IS IMPORTANT TO YOUNG EARTH SCIENTISTS – THE WATERS ‘PREVAILED’ – ICE AGE FOLLOWING FLOOD