The Great Deluge Begins Covering The Earth
On the seventeenth day of the second month, the biblical account records the dramatic beginning of the Great Deluge, as the fountains of the great deep burst forth and the floodgates of the sky were opened. This cataclysmic event marked God's righteous judgment upon a wicked and corrupt humanity, with Noah and his family, along with representative pairs of all living creatures, safely secured within the ark built according to divine command. The rains continued for forty days and forty nights, submerging the earth and commencing a profound reset for creation.
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened. The rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.
— Genesis 7:11-12
— Genesis 7:11-12
Timeline Box:
Genesis 7:11 explicitly dates the beginning of the Flood to 'the seventeenth day of the second month' (17 Cheshvan) in the 600th year of Noah's life. This is historically calculated to approximately 2348 BC based on traditional biblical chronologies.
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