Manje funda uGenesise 8:5-17. Iziqongo zezintaba zavela cishe ngemva kwezinyanga ezimbili nengxenye (izinsuku ezingu-73), “ngenyanga yeshumi [ngo-June], ngolokuqala lwenyanga.” (Genesise 8:5)b Ngemva kwezinyanga ezintathu (izinsuku ezingu-90)—“ngonyaka [kaNowa] wamakhulu ayisithupha nanye, ngenyanga yokuqala, ngosuku lokuqala lwenyanga,” noma phakathi no-September, 2369 B.C.E.—uNowa wasusa isembozo somkhumbi. Wayesekwazi ukubona ukuthi “ubuso bomhlaba base bomile.” (Genesise 8:13) Ngemva kwenyanga nezinsuku ezingu-27 (izinsuku ezingu-57), “ngenyanga yesibili, ngosuku lwamashumi amabili nesikhombisa lwenyanga [phakathi no-November, 2369 B.C.E.], umhlaba wase womile.” UNowa nomkhaya wakhe babe sebephumela emhlabathini owomile. Ngakho, uNowa nabanye bahlala emkhunjini unyaka owodwa nezinsuku eziyishumi (izinsuku ezingu-370).—Genesise 8:14.