Holy Scripture
Genesis 7:11
A church father on this verse
“It is now time to examine the evidence that proves convincingly that the biblical years, so far from being only one-tenth as long as ours, were precisely as long as the present solar years. This is true of the years used in giving those extremely long life spans. It is said, for example, that the flood occurred in the…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
11In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, on this day all the fountains of the abyss were broken up, and the floodgates of heaven were opened.
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9pairs went in to Noah into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noah.
10And it came to pass after the seven days that the water of the flood came upon the earth.
— Genesis 7:11 —
12And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
13On that very day entered Noah, Shem, Ham, Japheth, the sons of Noah, and the wife of Noah, and the three wives of his sons with him into the ark.