Genesis 7:20

Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail, and the mountains were covered;

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

In Context

19And the waters prevailed most mightily over the earth, and all the high hills were covered which were under all the heavens.

21And all flesh died which moved upon the earth, of fowl, and of cattle, and of the wild beast, and of every reptile which creepeth upon the earth, and every man.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:15And thus shalt thou make it: three hundred cubits shall be the length of the ark, fifty cubits its breadth, and thirty cubits its height.

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 →

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