Olive Leaf
– Genesis 8:11
Dove was sent out the 11th month, 18th day.
Assuming Rosh Hashanah is the correct New Year date and taking the average of September 18th for the New Year,
yields approximately September
6th.
The first year as the flood receded could have allowed
tender shoots to grow before a
northern hemisphere fall/winter frost had a chance to kill them. We should not assume the
climate of the first summer
after the flood is the same as year-round today. The wind drying up the flood may have impacted
the growth patterns of the
seeds.
“While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and
cold and heat, and summer
and winter, and day and night shall not cease.” – Gen 8:22ArcImaging - The Search For Noah's Ark