the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Genesis 7:19
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And the waters prevailed so mightily on the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered.
And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth; and all the high mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered.
The water rose so much that even the highest mountains under the sky were covered by it.
The waters completely inundated the earth so that even all the high mountains under the entire sky were covered.
And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills that [were] under the whole heaven were covered.
The waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth. All the high mountains that were under the whole sky were covered.
And the watris hadden maistrie greetli on erthe, and alle hiye hillis vndur alle heuene weren hilid;
And the waters have been very very mighty on the earth, and covered are all the high mountains which [are] under the whole heavens;
Finally, the waters completely inundated the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.
Finally, the mighty flood was so deep that even the highest mountain peaks were almost twenty-five feet below the surface of the water.
The water overpowered the earth mightily; all the high mountains under the entire sky were covered;
And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered.
And the waters overcame everything on the earth; and all the mountains under heaven were covered.
And the waters preuayled exceedingly vpon the earth, and al the high hilles that are vnder the whole heauen, were couered.
And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth; and all the high mountains that are under all the heavens were covered.
The water rose so much that even the highest mountains were covered by the water.
And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered.
And the waters preuailed exceedingly vpon the earth, and all the high hils, that were vnder the whole heauen, were couered.
And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
The water got higher and higher upon the earth until all the high mountains under heaven were covered.
The waters swelled so mightily on the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered;
Yea the waters, prevailed very greatly, on the earth, - so that all the high mountains became covered, that were under all the heavens:
The waters preuailed so exceedingly vpon the earth, that all the high mountaines, that are vnder the whole heauen, were couered.
And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; so that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered.
It became so deep that it covered the highest mountains;
And the waters prevailed beyond measure upon the earth: and all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered.
And the waters prevailed so mightily upon the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered;
And the water prevailed exceedingly upon the earth, and covered all the high mountains which were under heaven.
And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered.
Then the water surged even higher on the earth, and all the high mountains under the whole sky were covered.
The waters prevailed exceedingly on the eretz. All the high mountains that were under the whole sky were covered.
And the waters prevailed overwhelmingly upon the earth, and they covered all the high mountains which were under the entire heaven.
And the waters prevailed, exceedingly violent on the earth, and all the high mountains under the heavens were covered.
Yee the waters preuayled and increased so sore vpon earth, that all the hye mountaynes vnder the whole heauen were couered.
And the water prevailed more and more upon the earth, so that all the high mountains everywhere under the heavens were covered.
And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth, and all the high hills under the whole heaven were covered.
Finally, the water covered even the highest mountains on the earth,
The water prevailed more and more upon the earth, so that all the high mountains everywhere under the heavens were covered.
And the water prevailed more and more upon the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.
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and all the high hills: At the present day every mountain where search has been made, conspire in one uniform, universal proof that they all had the sea spread over their highest summits; shells, skeletons of fish, etc., having been found there. Job 12:15, Psalms 46:2, Psalms 46:3, Psalms 104:6-9, Jeremiah 3:23, 2 Peter 3:6
Reciprocal: Acts 4:12 - under
Cross-References
"Of every clean animal you shall take with you seven pair, the male and his female, and of animals that are not clean, two each the male and his female;
also of the birds of the air, seven pair, the male and the female, to keep the offspring alive on the surface of the earth.
Noah was six hundred years old when the flood (deluge) of water came on the earth [covering all of the land].
they came [motivated by God] into the ark with Noah two by two, the male and the female, just as God had commanded Noah.
"Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up; Again, He sends the waters out, and they overwhelm and devastate the earth.
"Truly, [the hope of salvation from] the hill [where idols are worshiped] is a deception, A tumult and noisy multitude on the mountains; Truly in the LORD our God Is the salvation of Israel.
through which the world at that time was destroyed by being flooded with water.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth,.... Yet more and more, so that the people without the ark were obliged to remove, not only from the lower to the higher rooms in their houses, and to the tops of them, but to the highest trees; and when these were bore down, to the highest hills and mountains; and to those it was in vain to fly, by what follows:
and all the high hills that were under the whole heaven were covered: whence it appears there were hills before the flood, and that these were not caused by it, and that the deluge was universal, since there was not a hill under the whole heaven but what was covered with it. In Deucalion's flood all men are said to perish, except a few who fled to the high mountains n; which story seems to be hammered out of this account.
n Apollodorus, de Deor. Origin. l. 1. p. 19.
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.
