Questions tagged [mabul]

I heard that there is one that says that the 70 languages were divided among the nations BEFORE the mabul - Yerushalmi Megilla 1:9 - How does that fit with the text of the pessukim?

This question is about the way the world was before the Flood. Bereishit Rabbah 34:11. Midrash Tanchuma, Bereishit 12. Seforno to Genesis 8:22 say that the world preceding the Flood was marked by abundance, health, and prosperity. The average human…

As suggested in this question, there are some who hold that the mabul did not cover the whole Earth. I would like to broaden the scope of that question a little. What indications are there from traditional sources one way or the other on this…