Genesis 7:18
The water got deeper and deeper, but that boat was all right, it floated on top of the water, high above the ground.
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19The water got so deep that it covered all the big mountains everywhere.
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 →