Genesis 7: Lessons from The Flood

Did the Flood really occur?
Was it universal or only regional?
Was there really an ark, and was it large enough to hold all the animals? Where did all the water come from? These questions, and many others, are answered for us in Genesis 7.

There are more than 200 cultures which have their own account of the flood including New Guinea, North America, Brazil, Peru, Africa, Greenland, India, China, Egypt, Greece, Persia, Australia, Wales, Eastern Europe, Siberia, and Lithuania.

95%-speak of a universal flood
88%-speak of a favored family
66%-say it was because of the wickedness of man
73%-speak of animals being saved
70%-speak of a boat that saved the family
57%-say that survivors landed on a high mountain

Many of the accounts also specifically mention birds being sent out, a rainbow, and eight persons being saved.  You may be surprised to discover that there is an ancient Hawaiian flood story:  “Long after the death of Kuniuhonna, the first man, the world became a wicked, terrible place to live. There was only one good man left; his name was Nu’u. He made a great canoe with a house on it and filled it with animals. The waters came up over all the earth and killed all the people. Only Nu’u and his family were saved.

 

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