Genesis 7:22

Everything on land that breathed, died.

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All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.

In Context

21Everything living on earth died—the birds, livestock, wild animals, all creatures that run along the ground, and all the people.

23The Lord wiped out all life on earth—people, livestock, creatures that run along the ground, and birds. All were killed. The only ones left were Noah and those with him on the ark.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:17I myself am going to flood the earth with water that will destroy everything that breathes. Every living thing everywhere on earth will die.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 7:22-24

21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: 22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. 23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the… Read the whole commentary →

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