Genesis 7:20
by more than twenty feet.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
In Context
19Higher the waters rose over the land – until the highest mountains were covered
Cross References
Genesis 6:15This is how you must build it: the length of the ark must be five hundred feet, its breadth eighty feet, and its height fifty feet.
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 →