We have collected flood stories from around the world. They come from every continent and from every major culture. After reviewing over a hundred stories we discovered that most stories contain eight similar elements. These elements parallel those found in the Biblical Story. Each story is like a data point in our review of flood stories. The diversity of geographic location and culture leads us to the conclusion that all these flood stories point back to a single source story. A story that was told after the worldwide deluge, then repeated generation after generation, spreading out throughout the earth. The original source story is the one that Noah's descendants including Shem, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Moses told their offspring. It is the story we read in the book of Genesis.