Genesis 8
8 And the ancestors remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and the ancestors made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters were assuaged.
(Remember, Noah knew how to survive, as his ancestors before him had done. He knew that storms could cause floods)
2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.
(The upsurge of water eventually declined and the storms would subside, as they always do)
3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually, and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
(Imagine, water of a storm, taking 150 days, in a world of a 600 year old man…makes you wonder, if the meaning of ‘days’ and ‘years’ have been obfuscated by changes in language. Imagine how long it takes for dry land to take up water from a large rain fall, 2 days? So, if 150 equates to 1.5-2, how would that change the 600 years?)
4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
(This was one of the high points visible from many places in Turkey/Persia. Telling the reader: Find a safe spot, three quarters through the storm, they waited it out)
5 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.
(Remember, water declination doesn’t take months. Whether in dry or lengthy moist times. The time elements are references to ‘parts of the period’. 6 months, is halfway, 10 months is 3/4)
6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.
(This line makes it more clear that the previous ‘months’ aren’t about times, but parts of periods. One month is 28-31 days. So, 40 days, would cover 1.5 month….not 150 days. Also, you can’t get from any calculation to that. So, we have to assume that these numbers are representing ‘conceptualized’ functions. 150 days is over 3 times the time the storm raged. In any country on Earth, the aftermath of a storm takes less than 1/3 of the time a storm rages….except the effects on rebuilding your lands etc.)
7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
(Now, did the raven check until the water was gone, or was the raven representing something that was causing the land to be usable again? Raven’s are often thought of being an ill omen, but also eating carrion. The latter would be logical representation, as there would be consumable results of the storm)
8 Also he sent forth a dove from him to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
(At this point, we have to recognize that the story of Noah, is ‘borrowed’ from the ancient story of Gilgamesh. Tablet 11 of the restored information reveals EXACTLY the above events:
Ishtar lamented the wholesale destruction of humanity, and the other gods wept beside her. The storm lasted six days and nights, after which “all the human beings turned to clay”. Utnapishtim weeps when he sees the destruction. His boat lodges on a mountain, and he releases a dove, a swallow, and a raven. When the raven fails to return, he opens the ark and frees its inhabitants. Utnapishtim offers a sacrifice to the gods, who smell the sweet savor and gather around. Ishtar vows that just as she will never forget the brilliant necklace that hangs around her neck, she will always remember this time. When Enlil arrives, angry that there are survivors, she condemns him for instigating the flood.)
9 but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth. Then he put forth his hand and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
(The representation of the dove is a symbol IShtar representing sexuality, peace and war. While rebuilding, very little effort was available for reproduction and social conduct.)
10 And he stayed yet another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.
11 And the dove came in to him in the evening, and lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off; so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
12 And he stayed yet another seven days and sent forth the dove, which returned not again unto him any more.
13 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.
14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
15 And God spoke unto Noah, saying,
16 “Go forth from the ark, thou and thy wife, and thy sons and thy sons’ wives with thee.
17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both of fowl and of cattle and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply upon the earth.”
18 And Noah went forth, and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him.
19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
20 And Noah built an altar unto the Lord, and took of every clean beast and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
21 And the Lord smelled a sweet savor; and the Lord said in His heart, “I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake, for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.”