Genesis 7:23

The Lord destroyed everything that existed upon the face of the ground, both man and cattle, and creeping things, and the birds of the heavens, and Noah only was left and they who were with him in the ark.

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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 ark.

In Context

22everything on dry land in whose nostrils was the faintest breath of life, died.

24The waters did not start to go down for a hundred and fifty days.

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Cross References

Genesis 7:21All creatures on the land, bird and cattle and animals, every creature that swarms on the ground, every person,

Psalms 91:7A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand: but it will not draw near to you.

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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