Noah's flood, was it really worldwide..?

Question

If indeed Noah's flood was worldwide, then God's word is null and void. Carefull reading of Pslams 104:1-9, details a event that happened long before Noah's flood. The subject is "creation"...verse 5 "Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed forever."..Verse 6 "Thou coveredth it,[the earth], with the deep, [water] as with a garment: the WATERS stood above the mountains. ...verse 7 ""At thy rebuke they [waters] fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away". verse 8..""they go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou has founded for them". verse 9.."Thou hast set a bound that they, [waters], may not pass over, that they turn NOT AGAIN TO COVER THE EARTH".
Now, we read that the waters in the flood of Noah, [genesis 8:3]; "And the waters returned from the earth continually; and after the end of 150 days the waters were abated". That's 5 months!! in Pslams the waters abated IMMEDIATLY.
Was Noah's flood wordwide?

I believe God's word..just so you know.

You are assuming am a 12 year old that just picked-up the Bible for the first time.

Answer 1

A worldwide flood is and was scientifically *impossible*.

P.S. And if there's a god, it doesn't take a genius to understand that there would be more of GOD's *truth* found in science than in a book of ancient mythologies, no matter how "perfect" the men who wrote the book claim it is.

Answer 2

If its the Word of God, then its the Word of God.
All Bibles are translated from different languages, mainly Hebrew, Latin and Aramaic.

Book Of Genesis
Chapter 8

3 And the waters returned from off the earth going and coming: and they began to be abated after a hundred and fifty days. 4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, the seven and twentieth day of the month, upon the mountains of Armenia. 5 And the waters were going and decreasing until the tenth month: for in the tenth month, the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains appeared.

Answer 3

You do realize that the story of Noah is completely impossible, right?

Well, actually, I guess you don't. But just to give you some idea, Noah's boat would have needed to be nearly the size of Cuba to house 2 of every animal on the planet, to say nothing of feeding them.

Oh, hell, I'm not going into this. But please... use your head. If you're going to analyze something as silly as Noah's ark, look at the very basics of it first. It takes all of 2 minutes to see that it's a myth.

Edit - as to SFNDX's answer below... that's where you should be looking if you want the truth about the origins of the "Great Flood". I find no reason to dispute that a big flood did decimate the middle east at one point. I'm sure that was possible. But that is only if you leave out the fairy tale parts of it...

Answer 4

There is no outside evidence of a world wide flood. The flood story was most likely taken from the Epic of Gilgamesh. The floods that do show up as evidence are only in certain areas. Kind of like watching the news, you see a town near you floods and across the world you find out they are having the same problems. Just because there are floods in several areas doesn't mean the entire world is flooded. It just seems that way... especially to primitive people.

Answer 5

Another translation reads "at the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters were lacking." It's possible the waters did not just vanish, but decreased everyday over the 150 days.

If we look into the Genesis account of Noah, it says that "the badness of man was abundant in the earth." and God said, "I am going to wipe men whom I created off the surface of the ground, from man to domestic animal, to moving animal to flying creature of the heavens, because I do regret that I have made them." - Genesis 6:5,7

It also says, "And the waters overwhelmed the earth so greatly that all the tall mountains that were under the whole heavens came to be covered." - Gensis 7:19

Answer 6

1) Are you sure that v6-9 are referring to creation and not the flood? maybe...maybe not...can be read both ways

2) Description regarding time are different when seen from God's perspective as opposed to human perspective.

3) Psalm's are Inspired Poetry written 3000 years after creation...they are NOT God's words...rather a somewhat low level of prophesy was employed.

4) Any proof would have to come from the original Hebrew...not from translations...which, no matter how well intentioned and researched, are always lacking.

Answer 7

1. verse nine of that ps said AGAIN water would never cover the earth like that again.
2. how quickly do you think that much water could flee?
3 I didn't see the word immediately in there. I'm sure at God's word they immediately began to flee.
4. Flood was world wide or how else do we have fish fossils at the top of mountains or the grand canyon or any other great canyon?
Hebrews 11:6

Answer 8

What you are quoting is an account of the flood. Kind of like how newspapers account September 11th 5 years after. Same thing. It is recounting the flood in a psalm.

Answer 9

According to Islamic legends, Noah's flood didn't happen worldwide.
It happened where Noah's people used to live. But it was indeed a huge area.

Answer 10

yes it was world wide.
See in the Psalsms it says like you posted in vs.7 At thy rebuke---When GOD rebuked the waters they receeded it doesn't say immediatley it says hastily, It matches Genesis

And vs. 9 says .."Thou hast set a bound that they, [waters], may not pass over, that they turn NOT AGAIN TO COVER THE EARTH" notice the word again, it would have to have happened once for it not to happen again. Hope this helps.