2348 BC · AM 1656 · Flood to Babel
The Flood begins
In Noah's 600th year, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst open and the floodgates of the heavens were opened. Rain fell for forty days and forty nights (Genesis 7:11-12), beginning the Flood in 1656 AM, 2348 BC.
genealogical datingalternate date: 2349 BC · Ussher Annals and AiG chart
Genesis arithmetic places the Flood in 1656 AM
📖 Genesis 7:11–12
11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened. 12And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.
Sources: AiG: Timeline for the Flood
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