Genesis 7:20
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters rise; and the harim were covered.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 6:15And this is how thou shalt build it: the length of the tevah (ark) shall be three hundred cubits, the width of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
Jeremiah 3:23Truly in sheker is Salvation hoped for from the hills, 1 and from the multitude of mountains; 1 truly in Hashem Eloheinu 1 is the Teshu'at Yisroel (Salvation of Israel).
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 →