The Bible and Les Feldick's provided transcripts do not explicitly state whether fish and water creatures survived Noah's flood.
Genesis 7 records the death of every creature with the breath of life on dry land but does not mention sea life. Les Feldick's clips describe the flood as a universal, volcanic, and earthquake-driven catastrophe, yet none of them specifically address fish or water creatures. For this particular question, the evidence is silent.
Genesis 7:21-23 — This is the key biblical passage describing the destruction of living creatures in the flood, though it does not mention aquatic life.
Genesis 7:19 says the waters prevailed and covered all the high hills under the whole heaven. Genesis 7:21 then says all flesh died that moved upon the earth — fowl, cattle, beasts, creeping things, and every man. Verse 22 adds that all in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. Verse 23 says every living substance upon the face of the ground was destroyed and that Noah only remained alive with those in the ark. The text describes creatures on dry land; it does not report what happened to fish or water creatures. The Bible therefore gives no explicit statement on their survival.
Les Feldick describes Noah's flood as a universal, violent event rather than a quiet rising of rainwater. He says the whole planet erupted instantaneously, with tremendous volcanic and earthquake activity, and that all evidence of the pre-flood civilization has been all but totally removed. He points to the worldwide distribution of loess, a product of volcanic action, as a flood-time deposit, and he says the fossil record is the only logical way to account for the remains of the pre-flood world. However, in the transcripts provided, Les never specifically comments on fish, sea life, or water creatures.
Genesis 7:21–23 says every creature with the breath of life on dry land died — fowl, cattle, beasts, and every creeping thing — and that Noah only remained alive with those in the ark. Nothing is said about fish or water creatures. This is the closest the biblical text comes to the question.
Les says most people think only of the 40 days of rain, but the ark was built to withstand the awful rigors of the flood, and the secret is in Genesis 7:11 — the fountains of the great deep. He says the flood involved tremendous volcanic and earthquake activity and that the whole planet erupted instantaneously.
Les points to loess, a soil product strictly from volcanic action, found all around the planet, even on ocean bottoms, as a deposit that could only logically come from Noah's flood. He also notes that flood legends appear in every major culture, and he argues the fossil record is the only logical way to look at the remains of the pre-flood world because textbooks refuse to acknowledge the flood.
Universal Flood and Tectonic Upheaval
Les says the flood was universal and involved water from the original creation plus volcanic/earthquake activity, but he does not discuss fish.
Instantaneous Planetary Eruption
Les describes the flood as so catastrophic that all pre-flood evidence was removed except the fossil record; fish are not mentioned.
Loess as Flood Evidence
Les cites worldwide loess as a volcanic deposit laid down during Noah's flood, showing the flood's catastrophic reach but again not addressing water creatures.
Flood Legends in Every Culture
Les points out that every major culture has a flood legend, corroborating a universal flood, yet the clip is silent on fish.
The Ark Was Built for a Cataclysm
Les stresses that the flood was not just 40 days of rain and the ark was built to withstand severe rigors, setting up the catastrophic context without mentioning aquatic life.
Fossil Record and Instant Demise
Les says the population was enormous and the flood was instantaneous and complete, leaving only the fossil record as evidence; fish survival is not discussed.
Why God Destroyed the Earth with a Flood (Genesis 6 Explained)
They will not accept the fact that this world at one time was totally demolished and destroyed and renovated by Noah's flood. I always like to remind my classes, I've never had anyone refute this, I don't think you can find a single college or high school textbook in either the literatures or the history or in the sciences that will ever maintain the fact of Noah's flood. They will not do it.
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And I think perhaps that's the reason, then, that Noah lost his influence, because we're going to see in the moments to follow. The human race is going to take another tack straight down, in spite of all the knowledge that Noah and his three sons have concerning the will of God.
Genesis 7:19: And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Shows the flood was universal, covering all elevated land.
Genesis 7:21: And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:
Lists the categories of animals that died, none of which are water creatures.
Genesis 7:22: All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
Limits the death statement to creatures on dry land.
Genesis 7:23: And every living substance 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.
States the survivors were only those in the ark, without specifying the fate of sea creatures.
No. Genesis 7 lists creatures that lived on dry land — fowl, cattle, beasts, creeping things, and every man — as dying, but it does not mention fish or water creatures. The Bible does not explicitly answer what happened to aquatic life during the flood.
No. In the provided transcripts, Les does not mention fish or water creatures. He describes a catastrophic, universal flood with volcanic and earthquake activity, but this particular question is not addressed in the clips provided.
Les cites the worldwide distribution of loess from volcanic action, the presence of flood legends in every major culture, and the fossil record. He says the whole planet erupted instantaneously and that the evidence of the pre-flood civilization was almost entirely removed.
Les points to Genesis 7:11, which mentions the fountains of the great deep. He says the flood was not just 40 days of rain but involved tremendous volcanic and earthquake activity.
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