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Genesis 7:17
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Then the flood came upon the earth for forty days, and the water multiplied and lifted up the ark, so that it rose above the earth.
Then the flood came upon the earth for forty days, and the water increased and lifted up the ark, so that it rose above the earth.
And the fludde came fourtie dayes vpon the earth, and the waters were increased, and bare vp the arke, whiche was lyft vp aboue the earth.
Water flooded the earth for 40 days. The water began rising and lifted the boat off the ground.
The flood continued forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.
And the greet flood was maad fourti daies and fourti niytis on erthe, and the watris weren multiplied, and reiseden the schip on hiy fro erthe.
And the Flood was fortie dayes vpon the earth, and the waters increased, and bare vp the Arke, and it was lift vp aboue the earth.
And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
Then came the water floude fourtie dayes vpon the earth, and the water increased, and bare vp the Arcke, and lift it vp ouer ye earth.
The flood continued forty days and the waters rose and lifted the ship high over the Earth. The waters kept rising, the flood deepened on the Earth, the ship floated on the surface. The flood got worse until all the highest mountains were covered—the high-water mark reached twenty feet above the crest of the mountains. Everything died. Anything that moved—dead. Birds, farm animals, wild animals, the entire teeming exuberance of life—dead. And all people—dead. Every living, breathing creature that lived on dry land died; he wiped out the whole works—people and animals, crawling creatures and flying birds, every last one of them, gone. Only Noah and his company on the ship lived.
Then the flood came upon the earth for forty days, and the water increased and lifted up the ark, so that it rose above the earth.
And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.
And for forty days the waters were over all the earth; and the waters were increased so that the ark was lifted up high over the earth.
And the flood was forty days on the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.
And the flood was forty days upon the earth: and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lifted above the earth.
The flood was forty days on the earth. The waters increased, and lifted up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.
The flood engulfed the earth for forty days. As the waters increased, they lifted the ark and raised it above the earth.
Now the flood was on the earth forty days. The waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.
For forty days the rain poured down without stopping. And the water became deeper and deeper, until the boat started floating high above the ground.
(iii) The flood was forty days on the earth; the water grew higher and floated the ark, so that it was lifted up off the earth.
And the flood was forty days on the earth. And the waters increased, and bore up the ark; and it was lifted up above the earth.
Then ye flood was fourtie dayes vpon the earth, and the waters were increased, and bare vp the Arke, which was lift vp aboue the earth.
And the flood lasted forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased and bore up the ark so that it was lifted up above the earth.
The flood continued for forty days, and the water became deep enough for the boat to float.
The flood was forty days on the eretz. The waters increased, and lifted up the teivah, and it was lifted up above the eretz.
And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.
For forty days the floodwaters grew deeper, covering the ground and lifting the boat high above the earth.
The flood came upon the earth for forty days. The water got deeper and raised up the large boat so that it was lifted above the earth.
The flood continued forty days on the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.
And the flood was upon the earth forty days and forty nights, and the water abounded greatly and bore up the ark, and it was lifted on high from off the earth.
And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.
And it came to pass, that the flood was forty days on the earth, - and the waters increased and bare up the ark, and it was lifted high above the earth,
And the flood was forty days upon the earth: and the waters increased, and lifted up the ark on high from the earth.
And the flood came forty days and forty nights upon the earth. And the waters increased, and lifted the ark, and it rose up from the earth.
And the flood was on the earth forty days. And the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.
The flood continued forty days on the earth. The waters increased and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.
Water flooded the earth for forty days, and as it rose it lifted the boat off the ground.
The flood continued for 40 days on the earth; the waters increased and lifted up the ark so that it rose above the earth.
And the deluge is forty days on the earth, and the waters multiply, and lift up the ark, and it is raised up from off the earth;
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Genesis 7:4, Genesis 7:12
Reciprocal: Genesis 6:17 - bring Genesis 7:10 - waters Genesis 8:4 - the ark Job 22:16 - whose foundation was overflown with a flood Job 36:31 - by Psalms 32:6 - in the floods Psalms 69:2 - the floods 1 Peter 3:20 - by
Cross-References
"For in seven days I am going to cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights; and I will destroy (blot out, wipe away) every living thing that I have made from the surface of the earth."
It rained on the earth for forty days and forty nights.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the flood was forty days upon the earth,.... This is said with respect to what follows, and the meaning is, that when and after the flood had been upon the earth so long, then
the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth; after this they were so many and so strong that they lifted up the ark from the place where it stood, and bore it up, that it touched not the earth; and Aben Ezra from hence infers, that the ark did not remove from its place after the flood began, until forty days.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The prevalence of the waters. The forty days are now completed. And at the end of this period the ark had been afloat for a long time. It was drifted on the waters in the direction in which they were flowing, and toward what was formerly the higher ground.
Genesis 7:19
Upon the land. - The land is to be understood of the portion of the earth’s surface known to man. This, with an unknown margin beyond it, was covered with the waters. But this is all that Scripture warrants us to assert. Concerning the distant parts of Europe, the continents of Africa, America, or Australia, we can say nothing. “All the high hills were covered.” Not a hill was above water within the horizon of the spectator or of man. There were ten generations from Adam to Noah inclusive. We cannot tell what the rate of increase was. But, supposing each couple to have ten children, and therefore the common ratio to be five, the whole number of births would be about five million, and the population in the time of Noah less than four million. It is probable that they did not scatter further than the necessities and conveniences of life demanded. In a fertile region, an area equal to that of the British Isles would be amply sufficient for four million men, women, and children.
Let us suppose, then, a circle of five hundred miles in diameter inhabited by man. Let this occupy the central region of a concentric circle of eight hundred miles in diameter. With a center a little southwest of Mosul, this larger circle would reach fifty miles into the Mediterranean, the Euxine, and the Caspian, and would probably have touched the Persian Gulf at the time of the deluge. If this region were covered with water, it is obvious that no land or mountain would be visible to a spectator within the inner circle of five hundred miles in diameter. “Fifteen cubits upward.” This was half the depth of the ark. It may have taken this draught of water to float it. If so, its grounding on a hill under water would indicate the depth of water on its summit. The gradual rise of the waters was accomplished by the depression of the land, aided, possibly, by a simultaneous elevation of the bed of the ocean. The water, by the mere necessity of finding its level, overflowed the former dry land. The extent of this oscillation of the solid crust of the earth is paralleled by the changes of level which geology indicates, the last of which took place at the time of the six days’ creation. It is possible that most of the land that was then raised was now again temporarily submerged in the returning waters; while distant continents may have all along existed, which never came within the ken of antediluvian man. The sobriety and historical veracity of the narrative are strikingly exhibited in the moderate height to which the waters are said to have risen above the ancient hills.
Genesis 7:21-23
There expired all flesh. - The resulting death of all by drowning is here recounted. “All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of live died.” This statement refers solely to man, whose higher life is exclusively expressed by the phrase חיים נשׁמת nı̂shmat chayı̂ym, “breath of life” Genesis 2:7. It affirms the death of the whole of mankind. The sum total of animal and vegetable life, with the exception of those in the ark, is here declared to be extinguished.
Genesis 7:24
Fifty and a hundred days. - These, and the forty days of rain, make one hundred and ninety days: about six lunar months and thirteen days. If to this we add the month and seventeen days before the commencement of the rain, we have eight months completed, and are therefore brought to the first day of the ninth month. The waters may be said to prevail as long as the ark had its full draught of water. It is probable they were still rising during the first half of the hundred and fifty days, and then gradually sinking during the other half.
