Shalom, pom2014.
Actually, there ARE witches today. They are members of the Wiccan cult. I’ve dealt with them in the past. They totally believe that they can cast spells for money and for health and for other things that are desirable. They even divide themselves into “white witches” and “dark witches."
Furthermore, you are also not 100% accurate regarding the use of “erets." This Hebrew word simply means “earth” in the same way that our word “earth” means “earth.” It is the DIRT or the LAND! When the word “kol” is added to “erets” then it means “all the land,” and that, my friend, means the entire land of the earth that we know today as a sphere and a planet. Consider where the “rainbow” can be found. Is THAT a local phenomenon?
Genesis 9:8-17
8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
10 And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
11 And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
KJV
Sorry, but you are TOTALLY wrong to think of Noach’s flood as a local flood, especially in light of it submerging the highest peak of the mountains by 15 cubits or 26 feet (using the Royal cubit of Egypt).
Be EXTREMELY careful about the Scriptures and the claims that you make! The KJV (AV) may have some ... obsolete wording that is difficult to understand today, but it does NOT have “mistakes!” Furthermore, translation “errors” are also subjective. YOU may think that it is a bad translation, but for 400 years GOD thought it was good enough for the American people to lead many to the LORD! Now, let me see .... Should I believe you or God?