Genesis 7:4
For from that point, and after seven days, I will rain upon the earth for forty days and forty nights. And I will wipe away every substance that I have made, from the surface of the earth.”
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In Context
5Therefore, Noah did all things just as the Lord had commanded him.
Cross References
Genesis 6:3And God said: “My spirit shall not remain in man forever, because he is flesh. And so his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.”
Genesis 6:13he said to Noah: “The end of all flesh has arrived in my sight. The earth has been filled with iniquity by their presence, and I will destroy them, along with the earth.
Genesis 7:10And when seven days had passed, the waters of the great flood inundated the earth.
Genesis 7:17And the great flood occurred for forty days upon the earth. And the waters were increased, and they lifted the ark high above the land.
Genesis 8:10And then, having waited a further seven days, he again sent forth the dove out of the ark.
Genesis 29:27Complete a week of days with this mating. And then I will give this one to you also, for the service that you will provide to me for another seven years.”
Matthew Henry on Genesis 7:2-5
Noah Invited into the Ark. ( b. c. 2349.) 1 And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. 2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. 3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. 4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and… Read the whole commentary →