Ngoku sicela ukuba ufunde iGenesis 8:5-17. Iincopho zeentaba zabonakala phantse kwiinyanga ezimbini ezinesiqingatha (iintsuku ezingama-73) kamva, “ngenyanga yeshumi [ngoJuni], ngosuku lokuqala enyangeni leyo.” (Genesis 8:5)b Kwiinyanga ezintathu (iintsuku ezingama-90) kamva—“ngonyaka wamakhulu amathandathu ananye, ngenyanga yokuqala, ngosuku lokuqala enyangeni leyo” kaNowa, okanye phakathi kukaSeptemba, ngowama-2369 B.C.E.—uNowa wasisusa isigqubuthelo somkhombe. Ngoko ke wayenokubona ukuba “komile phezu komhlaba.” (Genesis 8:13) Emva kwenyanga neentsuku ezingama-27 (iintsuku ezingama-57) kamva, “ngenyanga yesibini, ngosuku lwamashumi amabini anesixhenxe enyangeni leyo [phakathi kuNovemba, 2369 B.C.E.], umhlaba wawusele womile.” Ngoko ke uNowa nentsapho yakhe baphuma emkhombeni baza baphumela kumhlaba owomileyo. Ngenxa yoko, uNowa nabanye bachitha unyaka neentsuku ezilishumi (iintsuku ezingama-370) emkhombeni.—Genesis 8:14.