For how many days and nights did it rain in the story of the flood?

Answer 1

This depends on a number of factors as to how you define flooded. If you are referring to what is described below then the answer would be 150 days. This is probably the time when all the highest mountains at that time were covered.

24And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days. == 1And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged; 2The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; 3And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

If on the other hand, you refer to the total amount of time the flood lasted this is a little more difficult due to differences in understanding when exactly the flood began and when it ended. 11In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 13And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. 14And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. This latter calculation based on the verse above, would make the total duration of the flood a little less than one year, from the second month of the 600th year of Noah's life into the first month of his 601st year. This would be around 345 days, using the days of the month referred to as a guide.

In relation to the 150 days, it would seem the author was intending this as being included in the 'flood year' and so it would not make an additional time. Obviously it took time for the waters to increase up to the relevant height to cover the mountains and then time for them to recede again.

Answer 2

It rained for 40 days and 40 nights, according to Genesis 7:12 and 17. The rainfall was so intense that the entire earth was covered with water. Even the highest mountain tops no longer could be seen.

Answer 3

i think its 40 days and nights hope it helps :)

Answer 4

40

Answer 5

40 days