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Genesis 7:24
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The waters prevailed on the eretz one hundred fifty days.
And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.
And the waters prevailed over the earth one hundred and fifty days.
And the waters continued to cover the earth for one hundred fifty days.
The waters prevailed over the earth for 150 days.
The waters covered [all of] the earth for a hundred and fifty days (five months).
The water prevailed upon the earth for 150 days.
And the waters preuailed vpon the earth an hundreth and fiftie dayes.
And the water prevailed upon the earth 150 days.
A hundred fifty days later, the water started going down.
The water held power over the earth for 150 days.
And the waters prevailed on the earth a hundred and fifty days.
And the waters prevailed on the earth 150 days.
And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.
The water did not start going down for a hundred and fifty days.
And the water surged on the earth 150 days.
And the waters prevailed over the earth a hundred and fifty days.
And the waters preuayled vpon the earth, an hundreth and fiftie dayes.
And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.
And the waters were over the earth a hundred and fifty days.
But the water preuayled vpon the earth, a hundreth and fiftie dayes.
And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.
And the waters preuailed vpon the earth, an hundred and fifty dayes.
And the water was raised over the earth an hundred and fifty days.
And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.
And the waters prevailed upon the earth for 150 days.
And the watris of the greet flood ouereyeden the erthe an hundrid and fifti daies.
and the waters are mighty on the earth a hundred and fifty days.
And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.
The waters prevailed on the earth one hundred fifty days.
And the waters prevailed on the earth one hundred and fifty days.
And the floodwaters covered the earth for 150 days.
And the water covered the earth for 150 days.
And the waters swelled on the earth for one hundred fifty days.
Thus prevailed the waters on the earth, - a hundred and fifty days.
And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.
And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.
And the waters prevailed on the earth a hundred and fifty days.
The floodwaters took over for 150 days.
The water prevailed upon the earth one hundred and fifty days.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
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Genesis 8:3, Genesis 8:4, compare with Genesis 7:11, of this chapter, The breaking up of the fountains of the great deep, and the raining forty days and nights, had raised the waters fifteen cubits, or twenty-two feet and a half, above the highest mountain; after which forty days, it appears to have continued at this height one hundred and fifty days more.
Reciprocal: Matthew 24:37 - General
Cross-References
Get seven pairs (seven males and seven females) of all the birds. This will allow all these animals to continue living on the earth after the other animals are destroyed.
Seven days from now, I will send much rain on the earth. It will rain for 40 days and 40 nights, and I will wipe everything off the face of the earth. I will destroy everything I made."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the waters prevailed upon the earth one hundred and fifty days. Which is to be reckoned not from the end of the forty days' rain, but from the beginning of the flood; for from the seventeenth day of the second month, when the fountains of the deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened, unto the seventeenth day of the seventh month, when the ark rested on the mountains of Ararat, and the waters decreased, were just five months, or one hundred and fifty days; until which time the waters increased yet more and more, even after the forty days' rain; so that it seems there was a continual rain afterwards, as Aben Ezra observes, though not so vehement; or otherwise it is not so easy to account for the increase of the waters.
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.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Genesis 7:24. And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days. — The breaking up of the fountains of the great deep, and the raining forty days and nights, had raised the waters fifteen cubits above the highest mountains; after which forty days it appears to have continued at this height for one hundred and fifty days more. "So," says Dr. Lightfoot, "these two sums are to be reckoned distinct, and not the forty days included in the one hundred and fifty; so that when the one hundred and fifty days were ended, there were six months and ten days of the flood past."
For an improvement of this awful judgment, see the conclusion of the following chapter (Genesis 8:22 note).
