And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth. And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. Genesis 7: 17-18

• The flood came 1,656 years after Creation.
• The flood waters came from two sources; the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened {Genesis 7: 11}
• God shut Noah in. {Genesis 7: 16}

And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. Genesis 7: 19-20

• The deluge from the sky – and the fountains of the deep continued until the highest hills were covered.
• No rain had ever fallen before – Genesis 2: 5
• Then after the highest hills were covered, the water continued 23 more feet until the mountains were covered.

The above chart from Answers in Genesis demonstrates the flood, against the objections of those who claim the flood could not have covered Mt. Everest, if the waters only rose 23 feet after covering the highest hills.

Marine fossils are also found high in the Himalayas, the world’s tallest mountain range, reaching up to 29,029 feet (8,848 m) above sea level.³ For example, fossil ammonites (coiled marine cephalopods) are found in limestone beds in the Himalayas of Nepal. All geologists agree that ocean waters must have buried these marine fossils in these limestone beds. So how did these marine limestone beds get high up in the Himalayas?

We must remember that the rock layers in the Himalayas and other mountain ranges around the globe were deposited during the Flood, well before these mountains were formed. In fact, many of these mountain ranges were pushed up by earth movements to their present high elevations at the end of the Flood. This is recorded in Psalm 104:8, where the Flood waters are described as eroding and retreating down valleys as the mountains rose at the end of the Flood.

[Dr. Andrew Snelling, Answer in Genesis]

21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: 22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. 23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. 24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.

Genesis 7: 21-24

Even though the deluge from the heavens was for forty days and nights – the flood waters continued to rise for an additional 110 days until the water reached its crest.

We first read about Noah in Genesis 5, found at the end of a genealogical list beginning with Adam, following the lineage of his son Seth. Noah is our English translation of the Hebrew No’akh. In the Chinese, He is called Nuòyà. The phonetic similarity between the Hebrew and Chinese is not the result of translation, as is the case with English. Noah’s name was in use among the ancient Chinese people. They knew of this man before the Hebrew Scriptures were written.

[Noah’s Ark TV – Chinese evidence]

And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; 2 Peter 2:5