[blam]

"Anyway, it rained nonstop for 40 days and nights, and the entire planet was flooded, right. "

The word '40' is a mistranslation and should in fact be 'many,' not 40. (That's why you have so many 40 this and 40 that everywhere, should be 'many.')

[MEGoody]

How do you know it was mistranslated?

[asformeandformyhouse]

The word '40' is a mistranslation and should in fact be 'many,' not 40.

Do you have any references for this. I can find no evidence to support this claim.

[Michael_S]

'40 days and 40 nights' was a phrase used to denote a moderately long, unspcific amount of time. It was used much the same way we may use the phrase, several months, a littel while, one moment etc.