Note 38 — Chapter XXVIII · A VERY FEW REMARKS WITH REFERENCE TO THE DELUGE.
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The Deluge began in the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, and seventeenth day of the month (Gen. vii. 11),; and Noah quitted the ark in the six hundred and first year, in the second month, and twenty-seventh day of the month (Gen. viii. 14), making a period of twelve months and ten days. Noah waited in the ark nearly five months after it grounded on Ararat.