Genesis 7:18

So the waters continued to surge and rise greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.

In Context

17For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.

19Finally, the waters completely inundated the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.

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Cross References

Job 22:16They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.

Psalms 104:26There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 7:18-21

17 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. 18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. We are here told, I. How long the flood was increasing— forty… Read the whole commentary →

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