FLOOD (Noachian)
(See also Ararat; Ark [Noah’s]; Bible Authenticity; Noah)
angels that sinned: dt 18-23; g79 10/22 28; us 12-13; hs 68-69; w74 640; po 71-74, 77-78; ad 78, 441-442, 1451, 1509; li 221; w65 589; im 167; w64 55; ns 54-57, 61, 64; pa 42; w55 593-600; dh 65-82; nh 92-94, 99; w51 702-703; rm 69-73; w48 218; g44 6/21 16-17; tf 140-142; w38 309
annular theory: g56 7/8 14; g52 7/8 12-13; tf 57-62, 134-136; ke 54-62; w31 185-188
attitude of Catholic scholars toward: w83 9/1 29-30
confirmation: ce 202-203; g78 1/22 30; g77 7/8 15; gh 83; g75 6/8 6-8; g75 11/22 29; g73 1/22 24; ad 440-441; g70 9/22 12; is 35-44; w68 419-423; g68 5/8 5-8; g68 10/8 31; g68 10/22 16; ev 104-108; g65 11/8 7-8; g64 11/8 19-20; w62 429; g61 4/22 11; g60 11/22 29; w59 327; mn 7; g58 8/22 3-4; g57 2/8 25-26; g56 1/22 6; g54 10/8 6; w53 676; nh 113; bn 26-29; g53 6/8 8; g52 8/8 22; g52 8/22 5-13; g52 9/8 3-8; g49 6/22 3-7; w48 196-198; g42 9/2 16; g37 10/20 23
fossils of shark and whale: g77 2/22 29-30
date and length: w80 10/1 25; sl 291; w71 410; ad 439-440; w68 497-498; g68 10/22 13; im 369; ns 62; w58 298; pa 42-43; nh 98, 101, 364; tf 139
description: gh 81-82; w71 169; te 129-130; w67 135; w64 54-55; w62 575; nh 97-98; g52 8/22 5-8; g49 6/22 6; w36 93
destruction final: w65 165-166, 607-608; w60 53; w52 334-335; w51 286-287
discussion: su 46-53; g82 6/8 20-21; g75 6/8 5-8; ad 439-441; te 127-130
dove brings olive leaf to ark: w83 6/15 24
effect on customs down till our day: su 49
effect on earth: ce 203; gh 81-83; g75 6/8 6-7; po 76; g72 4/8 10-11; ad 440-441; g70 12/8 18; is 37-41; w68 421-422; g64 11/8 20; g63 6/22 10-11; pa 43; nh 101; bn 27-28; g52 8/8 17-23; g52 8/22 5-13; g49 6/22 6-7; g42 9/2 16
climate change: w76 712
garden of Eden destroyed: pm 11-12, 17; w71 617; w70 229, 233; w59 77, 124; yw 66; w51 549; el 279-280; w49 182
escape from: w80 12/1 18
expression of God’s justice and wisdom: w75 665-666
frozen mammoths: ce 203; g82 6/8 20-21; w79 8/15 30
global: su 46-49; g75 6/8 6-7; w74 664-665; is 35-44
legends: su 48-49; g80 7/8 13-16; g75 6/8 8; g75 11/22 29; ad 441; is 41; g69 1/8 24; g68 5/8 6-8; w67 646, 648; g66 2/22 15-16; g64 11/8 11; g63 7/8 19; w61 230; g61 9/22 19; g59 11/22 26; w58 303; g56 1/22 6; bn 26-27; g52 9/8 3-8; g49 6/22 3-6
Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh compared with Bible account: g80 7/8 13-16
Bushmen of Africa: g85 8/22 19
Hindu account of the Jalapralaya: ku 16-18
number throughout world: ku 16
Sumerian narration of: g80 7/8 14
mountains covered: su 47-48
Nephilim destroyed: w80 8/15 4; w72 652; w64 55; ns 64; pa 42; w55 593; dh 69; nh 99; rm 81; tf 140-142; g35 4/24 476-478
Noah’s offspring born: w75 750; po 73
no indication of cruelty on Jehovah’s part: w85 3/15 4
post-Flood migration of animals: w62 64
pre-Flood—
climate: is 39; w68 420-421; g67 8/22 25; g65 10/22 31; g64 11/8 19-20; g63 6/22 11; pa 12-13; g57 2/8 25; nh 37, 52
life span: g77 2/22 27-28; w71 410; g61 8/8 27-28; g58 5/8 25-26; ew 38; g49 9/8 27; g49 11/8 16; g46 7/17 31
rebellion: w72 651-652; w70 366-367
warning: su 50; w80 8/15 4; w78 10/1 4; w75 10; w75 748-749; po 72-73, 173; ka 333; w69 427; w66 676; ns 59-60; pa 39; w51 531-533; w50 19; w40 149; en 44-45; w31 172
writing: w71 409-410; ad 1676
prophetic significance: ku 17-19; w75 82-83; w75 748-749; g75 6/8 8; w74 665-668; po 71; w71 168-169; te 127, 130; w70 141-142; is 44; w68 139; g68 5/8 8; g68 10/22 16; w67 135-136, 238, 623-624; rn 16-17; w65 165-166; im 369; w64 240; g64 10/8 25; w61 232-233, 235; w60 53, 55; w59 583; sr55 290-293, 350-351; nh 105-106; aa 30; w51 687; rm 78-79; ge 21; w43 124-126; w42 307; ci 66, 292; w40 284; s 320-330; w38 308; w37 247-248; w36 94; ch 103; wn 57; w34 282
purpose: w83 6/15 24; po 74; w71 168; te 127-128; g68 5/8 5; g64 4/8 5-6; w51 286-287; g44 6/7 16-17; w38 310; ff 37; w31 172
rainbow: g75 1/22 13; g65 2/22 24-25; ns 63
rain previously unknown: ad 1230; w64 54-55; ns 58, 60-61; pa 13; w56 126-127; nh 52; w31 172
source of waters: is 36; w68 419-420
tree survival: w73 84-85
where water went: g75 6/8 8; is 37-39; w68 422
why Noah was told one week before: w75 10-11