Creation & Patriarchs
The Great Flood
The Great Flood has no date in the Modern reckoning; the Traditional reckoning puts it in 2348 BC. It is told in Genesis 7:6–8:19. Noah, Shem, Ham, Japheth are part of it.
Now Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth.
When did it happen?
- Modern reckoning
- undated
- Traditional reckoning
- 2348 BC
Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.
Where is it in the Bible?
Who was there, and where?
Where: Ararat.
Which verses connect to Genesis 7:6?
The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).
- Genesis 5:324 votes
After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- Genesis 8:133 votes
In Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
Events, people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (Robert Rouse), CC BY-SA 4.0, reshaped; dates also from the sources named on each anchor.