Genesis 7:20

Fifteen cubits above them did the waters prevail; and the mountains were [thus] covered.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

In Context

19And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains that are under the whole heavens were covered.

21And all flesh perished 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.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:15And this is the manner in which thou shalt make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

Jeremiah 3:23Truly deceptive was [what we hoped for] from the hills, and the multitude on the mountains; truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.

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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