Genesis 7:24
24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.
Did the flood rains last forty days or one hundred fifty days?
PROBLEM: Genesis 7:24 (and Genesis 8:3) speak of the flood waters lasting for 150 days. But, other verses say it was only 40 days (Genesis 7:4; Genesis 7:12; Genesis 7:17). Which is correct?
SOLUTION: These numbers refer to different things. Forty days refers to how long “the rain fell” (7:12, NIV), and 150 days speaks of how long the flood “waters prevailed” (cf. 7:24).