Where did all the water go?

Question

After Noah's flood. It obviously didnt flow into the seas because they would have been full during the flood. The glaciers and ice caps don't work because they don't hold enough water to flood the world to the biblical levels.

Yes, the water subsided or receded but where did it go?

Answer 1

Jesus turned into wine and they had a big party

Answer 2

Another one of those simple question that anyone could answer if the bothered to read the book...


Take a second to read this - and note verse 20.
Genesis 7:18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
Genesis 7:19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Genesis 7:20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

Fifteen cubits would be a heights of about 45-50 feet. According to Genesis, this was high enough to cover the highest mountain or hill that was on the earth at that time. Mountains are not "natural", but are the result of continental shift, and tentonic plates passing over each other.

Read Genesis 7:11,12
Gen 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Gen 7:12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

We are told here that the "foundations of the great deep" meaning the ground on the continents, was broken up, and this combined with the rain, caused the flooding. It was not just "rain", but a 40 day series of major earthquakes that cause tsunamis and the likes that covered the earth. This is what caused the plates that would form mountains, volcanos, earthquakes, etc. Before that, the earth was a single, relatively flat continent. So the amount of water needed to cover it would be considerable less then would be need today. (There was no five mile high Everest to cover. The highest hills were only 45 to 50 feet in heights). There is more ware under ground that is currently above ground.

Notice also that once the "rain" ended, it took several weeks for the water to recede.
Genesis 8:2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
Genesis 8:3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

It was a entire year before the land was dried our enough for the people to leave the ark. But the water lowered to where the boat come to rest before that.

So where did the water go? Back into the oceans from where the tsunamis and earthquake has pushed it. Into the lakes, rivers and seas which had not existed before the earthquakes broke up the land and formed the first mountains and valleys.

When you actually included all the details given in the account, the question of where the water went is simple. Lakes, rivers, seas, oceans, and clouds. Back into the underground where it still is today (You have heard of wells, right?) The amount needed to cover a "flat earth" matches nicely with what is still there today.

Answer 3

Actually there is enough water, think about this. Many scientists (not Christian) believe the early earth was very warm and tropical all over and year round which is why the dinosaurs existed pretty much everywhere. In order for a tropical environment like this to have been possible, the earth would have needed a vapor canopy, much like the one encompassing the planet Venus, to filter, diffuse, and retain the warmth of the sun. At the time of the flood, the vapor canopy was pierced and all of the wate plunged down on to the earth, temporarily covering the entire planet. The waters subsided and became what we know of today as the oceans and glaciers and polar ice caps. I hope this answers your question.

Answer 4

It is said that the waters receded.
I take that to mean that it saturated the Earth, found crevasses to fill and natural evaporation.

It didn't just "poof" evaporate; anyone who has lived on a flood plain knows how fast water recedes and evaporates. New Orleans is at or BELOW sea level..anything higher, moves relatively quickly. Cloud cover could hold vast amounts as well.

Yes, there have been sediment and sand bar studies that reveal a massive worldwide flood occurred roughly 7500 years ago.

..and no, you wouldn't drown by breathing. Anyone in Houston can attest to that. Humidity, anyone?

As for ice caps etc..all of this talk about global warming tells us that ONE Rhode Island sized iceburg melting would raise levels 3 inches or so. So now you can imagine that it wouldn't take as much water as you're envisioning to do some major damage around the globe.

I think you're imagining way more water than there was and neglecting the physical properties of tectonics, tsunamis, terraformations and the like.

Lastly, remember WHERE Noah was in relation to the rest of the world: a relatively low spot near large bodies of water.

Answer 5

There is more water underground,and this is attested to by Geologists,than all the above ground water.It was the same then."The waters of the deep broke forth"the Bible tells us.It also says that it had not rained but that a mist rose up and watered.Talk about humid weather.There was a very thick canopy of water that surrounded our earth,not letting in direct sunshine.It all came down,and all came up.filling places that were dry before(such as the Black Sea,most of the Mediterranean,high mountain lakes,because there really weren't any mountains until the deep broke up causing pressure to raise the Mtns...In short when the water receded,the sea level was much higher for some time.Some turned to Ice others ran back underground(most I suspect) and now we have evaporation and clouds.
I lived in the town of Chino Ca.,60 miles inland from the ocean,as they began to build more and more homes,they began uncovering whale and fish fossils.I'm not saying they were from the flood but from a much higher sea level at the time.
Start a fire with that Promethius.

Answer 6

The answer to your question is in the Bible: "The water receded steadily from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the water had gone down, and on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on mountains of Ararat. The waters continued to reced until the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible. Gensis 8:3-5.

The earth was still young at that time. The conditions then were different from what we have now. I will share with you the benefit of my visions. Adam started life in flesh and blood at the North Pole. There was vegetation though not lush. The long periods of day light were there followed by the long months of darkness.

Answer 7

It is in the oceans... there is lots of water out there. Where you have gone wrong in this question is assuming that before the flood there were deep ocean basins. There were not. The bible says there was water above the earth and below the earth. There were huge subterrainian water chambers with land stretched out over top. When the flood happened the bible says "the fountains of the great deep were opened" The water assuaged on the earth and when the crust of the earth sank down (ocean basins) - (continental shelves) the water ran into them creating the vast water drain off landscapes we have today ie. Dry Falls Washington.

Answer 8

To the Persian Gulf. The Noah's flood was a local one between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the area of modern Iraq. The water ended in the gulf and eventually in the sea.

Answer 9

"And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided." - Genesis 8:1

A lot of it is metaphorical, I believe, and it's been translated so much that we can't know exactly what was written. The whole wind thing probably means God dried up the waters and the water went back to heaven, where the water was said to have come from.

Answer 10

In Genesis 8:13 the waters dried up. The more time went on the less water there was.

Answer 11

where does all the water go when we are flooded here....same place