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Genesis 7:23

And every living thing was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

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Justin Martyr

AD 165

When the sacred text states that the entire earth was inundated, as the water reached a height of twentythree feet above the highest mountains, it is evident that God was not speaking to your land [that is, Israel] in particular but to all those who are faithful to him, for whom he has arranged a restful haven in Jerusalem. All the signs that accompanied the flood prove my assertion. For by the expression “by water and faith and wood” it is indicated that those who prepare themselves and repent of their sins shall escape the future judgment of God.

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