...11. Nevertheless it is certain that there were mountains from the creation, for it says (vii. 19.) " and all the high hills that were under the whole heaven were covered;" and in verse 20. " and the mountains were covered." Whilst therefore the first step is uncertain, the...

...the ark went upon the face of the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth ; i and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. 20 Fifteen cubits ujjward did the waters prevail ; and the mountains were covered. 21 IT k And all...

...greatly upon the earth."—The final statement is, that "the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth, and all the high hills that were under the whole heaven were covered." We have thus the progress of the Flood sufficiently defined by the successive periods—when the ark...

...calculations on the quantity of water requisite for a universal deluge. The first is from Dr. Geddes : — ' Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail ; and the mountains were covered. This has been always accounted one of the most unaccountable phenomena of the deluge, and has, more...

...should be affected, by his having asserted, in his account of the catastrophe of the Deluge, that " all the high hills that were under the whole heaven were covered," for unless he had known, which it is certain he could not have known philosophically, that the earth...

...and the ark went upon the face of the waters. And the waters prevailed " exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole...prevail ; and the mountains were " covered. And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, and every living substance was " destroyed which was upon the...

...upon the earth forty days and forty nights." — "And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth, and all the high hills that were under the whole heaven,...prevail ; and the mountains were covered." — " And the waters prevailed upon the earth, a hundred and fifty days." Thus we see, in another remarkable...

...that is in the earth shall die." And again—" And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth, and all the high hills that were under the whole heaven were covered: fifteen cubits upwards did the waters prevail, and the mountains were covered" It is also stated that every living...

...that is in the earth shall die. " And again — " And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth, and all the high hills that were under the whole heaven were covered : fifteen 1 Outlines of Hist. Cab. Cycl. ix. 4. cubits upwards did the waters prevail, and the mountains were...

...the great deep were broken up ;'* and also that ' the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth ; and all the high hills that were under the whole heaven were covered.' "f be plenty of time for the hardening of these things, and the growth of the stone about them. Is...