Genesis 7:17

And the flood was upon the earth forty days and forty nights, and the water abounded greatly and bore up the ark, and it was lifted on high from off the earth.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

16And they that entered went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded Noah, and the Lord God shut the ark outside of him.

18And the water prevailed and abounded exceedingly upon the earth, and the ark was borne upon the water.

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Cross References

Genesis 7:4For yet seven days having passed I bring rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will blot out every offspring which I have made from the face of all the earth.

Amos 9:6It is he that builds his ascent up to the sky, and establishes his promise on the earth; who calls the water of the sea, and pours it out on the face of the earth; the Lord Almighty is his name.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 7:14-17

13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; 14 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. 15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. 16 And they that went in, went in male and female of… Read the whole commentary →

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