Chronology of the Flood Narrative

Chronology of the Flood Narrative

	Event	Genesis	M/D/Y	Day of Week
1	Announcement of the flood	7:4	2/10/600	Sunday
2	Flood begins	7:11	2/17/600	Sunday
3	Flood lasts 40 days and ends	7:12	3/27/600	Friday
4	Waters triumph and abate (including flood for 40 days) for 150 days = 5 months till ark grounds	8:4	7/17/600	Friday
5	Mountain tops appear	8:5	10/1/600	Wednesday
6	Raven sent out (after 40 days)	8:6	11/10/600	Sunday
7	Dove's second flight	8:10	11/24/600	Sunday
8	Dove's third flight	8:12	12/1/600	Sunday
9	Waters dry up	8:13	1/1/601	Wednesday
10	Noah leaves the ark	8:14	2/27/601	Wednesday

Based on Wenham (1978) and Wenham (1987).