The Genesis Flood: The Biblical Record and Its Scientific Implications

Written by John C. Whitcomb and Henry M. Morris

Narrated by Mike Chamberlain

Over 250,000 copies sold in print. This anniversary edition celebrates fifty years of Whitcomb and Morris's biblically based system of creationism and catastrophism that unifies and correlates scientific data from early earth history-a modern creationist classic.

• Language: English
• Publisher: ChristianAudio.com
• Release date: Dec 13, 2022
• ISBN: 9781545922736

John C. Whitcomb

JOHN C. WHITCOMB (A.B., Princeton University; B.D., Th.M., Th.D., Grace Theological Seminary) is a former President of the Board of Spanish World Gospel Missions Inc and also served as Professor of Theology and Old Testament at Grace Theological Seminary Winona Lake, Indiana for 49 years. He has lectured around the world and is the co-author of Daniel and Esther from the Everyman's Bible Commentary series, among other titles.

Reviews for The Genesis Flood

[Thomas Lorenz (Fit For Faith Ministries) · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Very goVery good, and overall biblical defense of the flood. It is rather an inhouse discussion among academics and many details won't interest the average reader, but every average reader is still edified by this book.

The following errors have to be noted:

- They claim that the main source of the flood was the rain, instead of the abyss. The hydrological cycle is -as its name already implies- a cycle which cannot suddenly multiply its volume of total water contained. It is abstruse to assume that the majority of flood waters was hanging for ~2200 years somewhere between the clouds or above. They offer the option that humid air is surprisingly 40% lighter than dry air and justify their theory of a canopy above the heaven with the firmament in Gen 1:6. But they commit a fundamental mistake by ignoring Gen 1:8, where the firmament is called 'heaven' (singular). The problem is that our current 'heaven', which is not a canopy, was called throughout scripture with the same word. They offer nowhere an explanation how the same heaven should now accomodate two vastly different systems wihtout any change of the designation.

- The flood duration is calculated based on the corrupted Masoretic text, the result of 371 days is wrong and the correct result would be 360 days according to a biblical year. The mistake lays in the 17th instead of the 27th day, and in the first day of the 10th month instead of the first day of the 11th month. Those errors are repeated in the book.

- The genealogies are also taken from the Masoretic text and the correct begetting ages of the Greek Old Testament would even strengthen their arguments (e.g. more population before Noah because of greater time elapsed between Adam and Noah). At least the authors quickly mention the LXX time span at the beginning and also in the appendix of the book. But it is weird, to see them coming such close to an acceptance of the Septuagint, but something inexplainable holding them back from lifting that veil of Satan. Instead, they argue in the appendix why Genesis 5 and 11 should not be strictly interpreted, contradicting now the essence of the book and destroying it in parts. What had been sound doctrine and exegesis, sounds like coming out of the mouth of a worldy scholar when one reads the appendix. If they would only have had the same courage as previously seen in the book, to take away the biases and accept the Greek Old Testament in its superior authority to the Modern Hebrew text. A big chance missed, but maybe it was the guidance of the Lord, knowing that the book would not have found acceptance if they would have broken with Jerome's new tradition, who on the other hand broken with all the Greek traditions of the previous centuries since and before Christ's First Coming.

- No, Noah did not take 2 of each animal with him as they interpreted it through the plain reading of the text. He took 2 pairs = 4 of each kind of animal. In the same way the Bible does usually not count female humans, so the Bible consequently does not count female animals. This pattern becomes apparent when it comes to the second command to take 7 of each animal (Gen 7:2-3). If we would assume it to be 7 individual animals and not 7 pairs, then this would result in 3.5 males and 3.5 females. The absolute proof for this is found in the Greek Testament in Gen 7:2-3. The transliteration reads 'hepta hepta arsen kai thely', meaning 'seven seven male and female'. And further it states 'duo duo arsen kai thely', meaning 'two two male and female'. Nowhere it speaks of pairs and it is a serious mistake of translators to add 'by' in between the numbers. It simply says 2 males and 2 females, or 7 males and 7 females.

- They interpret e.g. the previously mentioned 7 aninmals with the Modern Hebrew reading of the text, while ignoring the important fact that even the Koine Greek text is much closer to the Paleo Greek than the Modern Hebrew. Modern Hebrew can provide us with additional information, but should never be our main source for reliable information.

- The book surprisingly does not even speak about the change of a calendar year and the astronomical reasons behind. The Bible clearly states a calendar year to be 360 days long, and it is surprising that this book does not reflect at all on this very important fact and its vast consequences.

- Especially chapter 5 overwhelms the average reader. It should not be too difficult to explain terms such as 'Jurrasic Period' or explain other principles briefly. The average reader will still be able to read between the lines, but why has the book the need to impress the academic while neglecting the Christian reader who has in all probability not a degree in geography?od, and overall biblical defense of the floo