...the fountains of the great deep were broken up; and the waters prevailed and were increased greatly upon the earth, and all the high hills that were under the whole heaven were covered.* Accustomed as we are to the regular return of the seasons, which was then promised to mankind; seeing...

...on two hundred of birds. At the end of the forty days of incessant rain, (when the ark floated,) ' all the high hills that were under the whole heaven were covered', and the waters subsequently rose fifteen cubits, or twenty-two and a half English feet, above the tops...

...lift up above the earth. And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth ; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. And the waters prevailed...under the whole heaven were covered ; fifteen cubits above them did the waters prevail." From this it appears that the ark was built in some low valley...

...windows of heaven were opened." "And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. " — " And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth,...prevail ; and the mountains were covered." — "And the waters prevailed upon the earth, a hundred and fifty days." Thus we see, in another remarkable...

...prevailed, and were increased greatly upon (be earth : and the ark went upon the face of the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth...hills that were under the whole heaven were covered. 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the wafers prevail vcred. and the mountains were co21 And all flesh died...

...surface. It is not easy to reconcile this hypothesis with those words of Moses : " The waters prevailed ; 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." (Gen. vii. 19, 20.) We...

...creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth;...the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. 17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and...

...was drained of its waters; but the eruption of the subterraneous waters lasted for 150 days, until " the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth, and all the high hills, that were under the whole heavens, were covered; fifteen cubits upwards [above the highest] did the waters pre* This might have...

...surface. It is not easy to reconcile this hypothesis with those words of Moses, " The waters prevailed ; 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," Gen. vii, 19-23. We have...

...language — the same with that of the Mosaic record: "The waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth, all the high hills that were under the whole heaven were covered." The testimonies of earth, therefore, to the truth revealed from heaven, are, as the Arabian patriarch...