| Number of Days | Flood begins on 02/17/600 of Noah’s Life (Gen 7:11) |
|---|---|
| 40 | The number of days the rain fell |
| 110 | Throughout another 110 days the waters remained at maximum depth, making 150 days for their “prevailing.” At the end of this time the ark comes to rest on Mt. Ararat. |
| 74 | The waters occupied 74 days in their “going and decreasing”. This was from the 17th day of the seventh month to the 1st day of the tenth month (Gen 8:5). There being 30 days to a month, the figures in days are 13 + 30 + 30 + 1. |
| 40 | Forty days elapsed before Noah sent out the raven (Gen 8:6-7). |
| 7 | Seven days elapsed before Noah sent out the dove for the first time (Gen 8:8). This period is necessary for reaching the total and is given by implication from the phrase “another seven days” (Gen 8:10). |
| 7 | Seven days passed before sending out the dove for the second time (Gen 8:10). |
| 7 | Seven more days passed before the third sending of the dove (Gen 8:12). |
| 29 | Up to this point 285 days are accounted for, but the next episode is dated the 1st of the first month in the 601st year. From the date in Gen 7:11 to this point in Gen 8:13 is a period of 314 days; therefore an interval of 29 days elapses. |
| 57 | From the removal of the covering of the ark to the very end of the experience was a further 57 days (Gen 8:14). (02/27/601) |
| 371 | The total number of days of the Flood account |
This chronology is based on a table appearing in E.F. Kevan’s commentary on Genesis in The New Bible Commentary.