The Noahic Deluge is commonly understood to have resulted from the infiltration of chaos waters into the ordered universe from two sources: one situated above the Rāqîaˁ and one underground. This interpretation does not find support in the HB and contradicts the precepts of the cosmological worldview of the ANE. According to Gen 6:17 Yahweh uses one single source of water to flood the land, referred to as הַמַּבּוּל מַיִם, “the well of waters.” There was a common belief in the ANE that there was a vast reservoir of fresh water in the underworld on the eastern horizon, beneath the palace of the sun god. The waters of Life (Ḥayya/Ea) therein, which must be distinguished from the saline primordial waters of chaos, were used for divine judgement. In spite of the consensus view that the chaos waters were permitted to enter the cosmos, not only during the Deluge but every time it rained, it is more likely that Yahweh lifted the waters of the well beneath his mountain-palace to execute justice and restore order to the land.

诺亚洪水通常被认为是混沌水从两个来源渗入有序宇宙的结果：一个位于Rāqîaˁ上方，另一个位于地下。这种解释在HB中没有得到支持，并且与ANE的宇宙学世界观的戒律相矛盾。根据创世记 6:17 耶和华使用单一的水源淹没土地，称为הַמַּבּוּל מַיִם，“水之井”。在ANE中有一个共同的信念，即在东方地平线的冥界，太阳神的宫殿下方，有一个巨大的淡水蓄水池。其中的生命之水 (Ḥayya/Ea) 必须与混沌的咸水原始水区分开来，用于神的审判。尽管普遍认为混沌之水可以进入宇宙，不仅在大洪水期间，每次下雨时，更可能是耶和华将他山下的井水举起，以伸张正义，恢复元气。为了土地。