The Book of Beginnings

Studies in Genesis

Lesson 37 : Genesis 7:17–24 – The Mabbûl: the Devastation Wrought by the Mabbûl

THE INTENTIONAL USE OF VERBAL PARALLELS – THE LORD PROTECTS NOAH – WATERS ‘EXCEEDINGLY POWERFUL’ UPON THE EARTH – ALL THE MOUNTAINS COVERED – THE PSALMIST’S COMMENTARY – A GLOBAL FLOOD – LIFE DID NOT SIMPLY DIE, IT WAS ‘WIPED OUT’