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Chronology of the Flood

Exegetical Approaches

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One Set of 150 Days Which Include the First 40 Days

Sources:Qumran Scroll 4Q252Fragment 1 Columns 1-2About the Qumran Scrolls, Jubilees5:28-44About Jubilees, Karaite commentators cited by R. Saadia GaonCommentary Bereshit 7About R. Saadia Gaon, rejected approach in Lekach TovBereshit 7:24About R. Toviah b. Eliezer, R. Yosef Bekhor ShorBereshit 7:24Bereshit 8:3-10About R. Yosef Bekhor Shor, RidBereshit 7:12Bereshit 8:4About R. Yeshayah of Trani, approach in ChizkuniBereshit 8:3-13About R. Chizkiyah b. Manoach, both approaches in RambanBereshit 8:4-5About R. Moshe b. Nachman

One Set of 150 Days Which Do Not Include the First 40 Days

Sources:Seder Olam Rabbah4About Seder Olam Rabbah, Bereshit Rabbah33:7About Bereshit Rabbah, Sefer HaArukhs.v. קלAbout R. Natan b. Yechiel, RashiBereshit 7:12Bereshit 8:3-14About R. Shelomo Yitzchaki, Lekach TovBereshit 7:24Bereshit 8:3-6Bereshit 8:10-14About R. Toviah b. Eliezer, ChizkuniBereshit 7:24Bereshit 8:3-13About R. Chizkiyah b. Manoach

Two sets of 150 Days Which Include the Second 40 Days

Sources:RadakBereshit 7:24Bereshit 8:3-14About R. David Kimchi