...erroneous, or our sense of the sacred records is wrong. The following is the inspired narrative : — " In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month," (answering to about the middle of November) "the same day were all the fountains of the great deep...

...And it came to pass ^ after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. 1 1 IT In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second...broken up, and the § windows of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. 13 In the selfsame day entered Noah,...

...waters of the flood were upon the earth. f \\ T In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the seconl e of the 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. 13 In the self-same day entered Noah,...

...being the seventeenth day of the 2nrf month from the autumnal equinox. . . . [Gen. vii. "11.] ' In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second...month, the seventeenth day of the month, , . .the windows of heaslight discrepancy which is discoverable between it, and that transmitted by the Egyptians...

...distinctly marked. The first specific account, which we read respecting the fall of rain, is when " in the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second...broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened." f It may be, then, that the constitution of nature was, in some material respects, changed at the deluge:...

...the flood were upon the earth. 1 1 1 n the six hundredth year of Noah's life, hi the second mouth, t be eaten : thou shall not carry forth ought of the...ihe house ; neither shall ye break a bone thereof. werr opened. 18 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty uiglits. 13 In the self-same day...

...ever. COL. i. 17 : He is before all things, and by him all things consist. h GEN. vii. 11, 21, 22, 23 : The same day were all the fountains of the great deep...broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. And all flesh died that moved upon the earth : all in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all...

...commanded Noah . And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second...broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. In the self same day entered Noah, and...

...manifest. Rev. xv. 3, 4. 824 • but all the cataracts Of Heaven set open on the earth shall pour In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second...broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. Gen. vii. 11. 861 Anon dry ground appears,...

...creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. 7. 11. The same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up. Exodus, 7. 17. Thus saith the Lord, in this shall thou know that I am the Lord ; behold, I will smite...