The flood, floods and mythic flood stories 14 Flooding rain stopped

 

“1  god remembered Noach, every living thing and all the livestock with him in the ark; so god caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water began to go down. 2 also the fountains of the deep and the windows of the sky were stopped, the rain from the sky was restrained, 3 and the water came back from completely covering the earth. it was after 150 days that the water went down.

4  on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. 5 the water kept going down until the tenth month; on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains were seen.

6  after forty days Noach opened the window of the ark which he had built; 7 and he sent out a raven, which flew back and forth until the water had dried up from the earth. 8 then he sent out a dove, to see if the water had gone from the surface of the ground. 9 but the dove found no place for her feet to rest, so she returned to him in the ark, because the water still covered the whole earth. he put out his hand, took her and brought her in to him in the ark. 10 he waited another seven days and again sent the dove out from the ark. 11 the dove came in to him in the evening, and there in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf, so Noach knew that the water had cleared from the earth. 12 he waited yet another seven days and sent out the dove, and she didn’t return to him any more.

13  by the first day of the first month of the 601st year the water had dried up from off the earth; so Noach removed the covering of the ark and looked; and, yes, the surface of the ground was dry. 14 it was on the twenty-seventh day of the second month that the earth was dry.” (Genesis 8:1-14 CJB)

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English: “The Deluge”, Frontispiece to Doré’s illustrated edition of the Bible. Based on the story of Noah’s Ark, this shows humans and a tiger doomed by the flood futilely attempting to save their children and cubs. Français : “Le Déluge”, Frontispice de l’édition illustrée par Gustave Doré de la Bible. Basé sur l’histoire de l’Arche de Noé, la gravure montre des humains et un tigre tentant en vain de sauver leur progéniture. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Preceding articles

The flood, floods and mythic flood stories 1 Flooding and Water-waves

The flood, floods and mythic flood stories 2 Mythic theme 1 God or gods warning

The flood, floods and mythic flood stories 3 Mythic theme 2 Hebrew story of the flood

The flood, floods and mythic flood stories 4 Mythic theme 3 Chinese mythology

The flood, floods and mythic flood stories 5 Indian region

The flood, floods and mythic flood stories 6 European myths

The flood, floods and mythic flood stories 7 North America

The flood, floods and mythic flood stories 8 South America

The flood, floods and mythic flood stories 9 Australia and Discharge fluctuation of major rivers

The flood, floods and mythic flood stories 10 Animated water

The flood, floods and mythic flood stories 11 Overwhelming waters

The flood, floods and mythic flood stories 12 Corrupted earth

The flood, floods and mythic flood stories 13 Noah’s ark and the flood

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