TIMELINE OF THE FLOOD

I. The Timeline of Building the Ark.

A. 120 year countdown Genesis 6:2

B. Japheth was born 100 years before flood.

Genesis 5:32 KJV 1900

And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 10:21 KJV 1900

Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.

C. Shem was born 98 years before flood.

Genesis 11:10 KJV 1900

These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:

D. Ham was the youngest.

Genesis 9:24 KJV 1900

And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.

E. Each son was old enough to be married before the ark was built. Possibly 20-40 years old.

Genesis 6:18 KJV 1900

But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.

F. It probably took between 55-75 for the actual building of the ark.

II. The Grand Entrance

A. Noah and his family entered first.

Genesis 7:7 KJV 1900

And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.

B. The animals cam in for seven days.

Genesis 7:10 KJV 1900

And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.

C. Noah was 600 Years old.

Genesis 7:16 KJV 1900

And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in.

III. The Waters Come Down

A. Rain fell for 40 days and 40 Nights.

Genesis 7:12 KJV 1900

And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

1. Water from above- Rain 2. Water from below- The great Deep

Genesis 7:11 KJV 1900

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.

B. The water fully covered the earth for 150 days.

Genesis 8:3 KJV 1900

And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

C. Rain for 40 days, earth completely flooded for 110 days.

D. For 75 days the Ark rested upon the mountain but the earth was still flooded.

Genesis 8:5 KJV 1900

And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

E. 40 days of waiting.

Genesis 8:6 KJV 1900

And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:

F. Seven days of waiting after Dove returned empty.

Genesis 8:10 KJV 1900

And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;

G. Seven days of waiting after Dove returned with olive branch.

Genesis 8:12 KJV 1900

And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.

H. On Noah’s 601st Birthday the waters were subsided.

It appears as though dating coincided with Noah’s Birthday.

Genesis 8:13 KJV 1900

And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

I. On 27th of February all the water s were dried up.