1
Book III preserves the Flood cycle in the chapter 'The Flood Begins'.
2
Noach receives instruction, prepares the Ark, gathers the household and living creatures, and preserves the ancient Adamic inheritance.
3
The body of Adam and the treasures are carried into the Ark before the holy mountain disappears beneath the waters.
4
Judgment falls upon a generation that rejected repeated warning, while the remnant is carried through the waters.
5
When the waters withdraw, the new earth is entered only after divine permission.