Was Genesis Flood Local?

Answer 1

no one knows for sure..the earth templates were structured differently than today..so it could have been one land mass..but it did happen..

Answer 2

When one examines the biblical passages, it is clear that the flood was global. Genesis 7:11 states that "all of the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened." It is apparent from Genesis 1:6-7 and 2:6 that the pre-flood environment was much different from that which we experience today. Based on these and other biblical descriptions, as well as the fossil record and present geological findings, it is reasonably speculated that at one time the earth was covered by some kind of water canopy. This canopy could have been a vapor canopy or could have consisted of rings, somewhat like Saturn's ice rings. This, in combination with a major layer of water underground, both being released upon the land (Genesis 2:6) would have resulted in a global flood.

The clearest verses that show the extent of the flood are Genesis 7:19-23: "And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth, and all the high hills under the whole heaven were covered. The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered. And all flesh died that moved on the earth: birds and cattle and beasts and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man. All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, all that was on the dry land, died. So He destroyed all living things which were on the face of the ground: both man and cattle, creeping thing and bird of the air. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark remained alive."

Answer 3

Yes, it was local.

In the Sumerian texts (when Noah was called Utnapishtim and Enlil was the angry deity), it rained for seven days and nights, and flooded all the land. All the land at the time was the known world, which didn't even reach as far as Egypt.

Also, you will note a lack of any geological evidence of "The Flood" anywhere except the Middle East. No other culture wrote about it (but there weren't many other civilizations around then, either) then or even in the 2500 years between the Sumerian texs and the Old Testament.

Answer 4

Not likely given that the mountains were 15 cubits under water at its height.

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Answer 5

No, it covered the highest mountains. It was global.

Pastor Art

Answer 6

Yes?

Answer 7

I am believing that it must have been.