Genesis 7:18

and the waters are mighty and multiply exceedingly on the earth; and the Ark goes on the face of the waters.

Literal Standard Version

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

17And the flood is on the earth [for] forty days, and the waters multiply and lift up the Ark, and it is raised up from off the earth;

19And the waters have been very, very mighty on the earth, and all the high mountains are covered which [are] under the whole heavens;

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Cross References

Job 22:16Who have been cut down unexpectedly? A flood is poured out on their foundation.

Psalms 104:26There ships go—[and] leviathan, || That You have formed to play in it.

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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