Did the Flood of Noah stay for 40 days/nights? Then on the 41st day did all the water just magically go away?

Question

It's common knowledge that the amount of water (H2O) stays constant in the earth's atmosphere. Now where did water go? And where ever it went, how did it manage to disappear in just one day? The bible says that the world was flooded for 40 days, so on the 41st day, the water must've all gone away. How is that possible?

Answer 1

It didn't go away. It stopped raining and it was many days later that the water actually dried up enough for them to go out.

Answer 2

It rained for 40 days and 40 nights. The flood was around a few months after that.

The ark floated in the water for 5 months.

Gen 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

Gen 8:3-6
And the waters receded continually from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters decreased. Then the ark rested in the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat. And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen. So it came to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.

Gen 8:13
And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, that the waters were dried up from the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and indeed the surface of the ground was dry.

Basically it took 360 -47 = 313 days for the waters to go down completely.

Back then months were exactly 30 days. Notice 150 days passed from second month 17th day => 7th month 17th day.

Answer 3

It rained 40 days & nights. The earth at that time did not have either the deep crevasses, or, the tall mountains, that it has had since. When the earth was formed, there was a protective layer of water in some form, surrounding it:

"God went on to say: “Let an expanse come to be in between the waters and let a dividing occur BETWEEN the waters and the waters.” Then God proceeded to make the expanse and to make a DIVISION between the waters that should be BENEATH the expanse and the waters that should be ABOVE the expanse. And it came to be so. " --Gen 1:6,7

The waters of the flood came from EVERYWHERE... underground, & this protective layer above the earth.
The weight of ALL this water must have had its affect on the plates of the earth, causing them to shift. Some spots rose higher, while others sank much lower than any spot had ever been before. If this hadn't occurred, the waters would still be covering the earth, because God has --to this day-- not returned the waters from above the expanse to their 'original dwelling place'... Much of those flood waters had thousands of miles to travel, before reaching the low spots, & that took time, perhaps 'chiselling' out the Grand Canyon & others, on its way. Yes, all that water is still on the earth, but it wasn't the only thing that dropped in the flood... Mankind's lifespan fell from an average 900+ years, to an avergage 70 or 80 years, perhaps due directly --or, indirectly-- to the loss of that protective covering of the waters originally in the expanse above.

Answer 4

No, the water did not just suddenly disappear or vaporize on Day 41. The water level was actually dropping slowly over time. That was why Noah sent the birds out to determine whether or not the water level had dropped sufficiently. In Genesis Ch 8 the Bible states that the water receded steadily from the earth at the end of 150 days.

Answer 5

The Bible never says that the water receded in one day. The flood lasted more that 40 days. The rain lasted 40 days. As the Bible recounts the story, Noah sent out birds periodically to check the progress of the water receding. Even after the ark had came to rest, Noah still waited until the proper sign was sent back to him by the dove showing that the waters had completely receded. Hope this answers your question. God Bless.

Answer 6

No the water did not go away on the 41st day.

After forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark 7 and sent out a raven, and it kept flying 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 receded from the surface of the ground. 9 But the dove could find no place to set its feet because there was water over all the surface of the earth; so it returned to Noah in the ark. He reached out his hand and took the dove and brought it back to himself in the ark. 10 He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark. 11 When the dove returned to him in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth. 12 He waited seven more days and sent the dove out again, but this time it did not return to him.

13 By the first day of the first month of Noah's six hundred and first year, the water had dried up from the earth. Noah then removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry. 14 By the twenty-seventh day of the second month the earth was completely dry.

Answer 7

Read the entire account in Genesis 7

Gen 7:24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.

BTW - the bulk of the water in the Flood came from underneath the earth's crust and that is where it retreated.

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.

Answer 8

13 By the first day of the first month of Noah's six hundred and first year, the water had dried up from the earth. Noah then removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry. 14 By the twenty-seventh day of the second month the earth was completely dry.

So, on the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the entire Earth was dry. Isn't this counter to the ocean conjecture? And if the Earth was completely dry, how could any life flourish on the resulting barren wasteland? It does, however, seem to support that this fairy tale is exactly that and nothing more. A good bedtime story for the kiddies, perhaps, but definitely not true.

Answer 9

The flooding came from two sources:
- the fountains of the great deep
- the floodgates of the sky

The rain stopped after 40 days but the water continued to rise for 150 days. Apparently the fountains of the deep continued to pour forth water for 150 days. After that the water gradually diminished until Noah and company could leave the ark. All told, they were on the ark for just over one year.

Answer 10

No, no, no. you're employing the calendar it somewhat is striking on your wall. that's no longer the Hebrew calendar. The ark replaced into on the water for the greater beneficial area of one year. examine it returned. count selection it returned. Gen 7:11 interior the six hundredth year of Noah's existence, interior the 2nd month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day each and all of the fountains of the large deep have been broken up, and the domicile windows of heaven have been opened. Gen 7:24 And the waters prevailed on earth one hundred and fifty days. Gen 8:3 And the waters receded constantly from the earth. on the tip of the hundred and fifty days the waters decreased. Gen 8:4 Then the ark rested interior the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat. Gen 8:5 And the waters decreased constantly till the 10th month. interior the 10th month, on the 1st day of the month, the tops of the mountains have been considered. Gen 8:6 So it got here to bypass, on the tip of 40 days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made. Gen 8:10 And he waited yet yet another seven days, and returned he sent the dove out from the ark. Gen 8:12 So he waited yet yet another seven days and sent out the dove, which did no longer return returned to him anymore. Gen 8:13 And it got here to bypass interior the 600 and universal year, interior the 1st month, the 1st day of the month, that the waters have been dried up from the earth; and Noah bumped off the masking of the ark and appeared, and positively the exterior of the floor replaced into dry. Gen 8:14 And interior the 2nd month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth replaced into dried. Gen 8:15-sixteen Then God spoke to Noah, saying, "pass out of the ark... My ingredient is -> get the time line authentic previously arguing the ingredient. Likewise

Answer 11

The Bible actually says that the earth stayed flooded for 150 days. It *rained* for 40, but stuck around for a while. As you implied, water does take time to evaporate.