The Hebrew word for “earth” used in Genesis 6–8 is eretz or adâmâh, both literally meaning “earth, ground, land, dirt, soil, or country.” The word earth (uncapitalized) cannot be taken to mean planet Earth (capitalized), since the Genesis authors/scribes had no concept of Earth as a planet and thus had no word for it. According to a Worldview Approach, the biblical account should be interpreted within the narrow limit of what was known about the extent of the world at that