[P-Marlowe]

So you are saying that there is no allegory, or parable, involved?

If you read the context, it is clear that if he was not referencing an actual event (the flood), then he was a liar.

[CarolinaGuitarman]

"If you read the context, it is clear that if he was not referencing an actual event (the flood), then he was a liar."

Or he was misquoted.