...fifty days, " and the waters prevailed exceedingly upon • Vol. i, 134. -(- Gen. vi, vii, viii. ** the earth ; and all the high hills, that were under the ** whole heaven, were covered. Fifteen cubits upward did *( the waters prevail ; and the mountains were covered." *' And the waters...

...prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth ; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. ty And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth...hills that were under the whole heaven were covered. 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail ; and the mountains were covered. 21 And all flesh...

...prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. "And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth;...hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail ; and the mountains were covered." — Gen. vii, 17 —...

...prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth : and the ark went upon the face of the waters. 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail : and the mountains were covered. 21 And all flesh...

...upon the earth. And the ark went upon " the face of the waters. And the waters prevailed exceed" ingly upon the earth ; and all the high hills, that were " under the whole heaven, were covered!' This expression, " under the whole heaven" signifies only the whole horizon of the inhabited lands...

...prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth ; and the ark went upon the face of the ~ waters. And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth...hills that were under the whole heaven were covered. Fifteen cubits upwards did the waters prevail ; and the -,' mountains were covered. And all flesh died...

...up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth. And the ark went upon the face of the waters. 1 9 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth ; and all the high hills that were under th« whole heaven were torered. Fifteen cubits upward did tke waters prevail ; and the mountains were...

...It is not easy to reconcile this hypothesis, with those words of Moses, " The waters increased — and all the high hills that were under the whole heaven, were covered. Fifteen cubits upward [above the ' highest] did the waters prevail ; and the mountains were covered;"...

...which testify to the universality of the flood, and confirm the history of Moses, which declares, that "All the high hills .that were under the whole heaven were covered." In the winter of 1786, the college experienced the loss of an eminent Instructor, the Rev. Silvanus...

...we are told that the fountains of the great deep were broken up, the windows of heaven were opened, the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth, and all the high hills and the mountains were covered. imagined, though directly contrary to the Scripture) there could be...