Genesis 7:23
And every living creature was wiped out which was upon the p'nei haadamah, both Adam, and Behemah, and the Remes, and the Oph HaShomayim; and they were wiped out from ha'aretz: and Noach only remained alive, and they that were with him in the tevah (ark).
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
22All in whose nostrils was the ruach chayyim, of all that was in the dry land, perished.
24And the waters flooded upon ha'aretz a hundred and fifty days.
Cross References
Genesis 7:21And kol basar perished that moved upon ha'aretz, both of Oph, and of Behemah, and of Beast, and of every Swarming Thing that swarms upon ha'aretz, and kol haadam;
Exodus 14:28And the mayim rushed back, and covered the chariots, and the parashim, and all the army of Pharaoh that came into the yam after them; there remained as survivors not so much as one of them.
Job 22:15Wilt thou note the orach olam 1 which wicked men have trodden? 1
Psalms 91:7An elef (thousand) may fall at thy side, 1 and ten thousand at thy yamin (right hand); 1 but it shall not come near thee. 1
Proverbs 11:4Hon (riches) profit not in the yom evrah (day of wrath), 1 but tzedakah (righteousness) delivereth from mavet. 1
Ezekiel 14:14Though these three anashim — Noach, Daniel, and Iyov — were in it, they would deliver but their own nefesh by their tzedakah, saith Adonoi Hashem.
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 →