Genesis 7:10
And after seven days were passed, the waters of the flood overflowed the earth.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
In Context
9Two and two went in to Noe into the ark, male and female, as the Lord had commanded Noe.
Cross References
Genesis 6:17Behold I will bring the waters of a great flood upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, under heaven. All things that are in the earth shall be consumed.
Genesis 7:17And the flood was forty days upon the earth, and the waters increased, and lifted up the ark on high from earth.
Matthew 24:38For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, even till that day in which Noe entered into the ark,
Matthew Henry on Genesis 7:6-11
The Deluge. ( b. c. 2349.) 5 And Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him. 6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. 7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. 8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, 9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.… Read the whole commentary →