Genesis 7:20

the waters prevailed from above the mountains, and cover [them] fifteen cubits;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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

21and all flesh expires that is moving on the earth, among bird, and among livestock, and among beast, and among every teeming thing which is teeming on the earth, and all mankind;

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Cross References

Genesis 6:15and this [is] how you do it: three hundred cubits [is] the length of the Ark, fifty cubits its breadth, and thirty cubits its height;

Jeremiah 3:23Surely in vain—from the heights, || The multitude of mountains—Surely the salvation of Israel [is] in our God YHWH.

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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