Genesis 7:17

Then the flood came upon the earth for forty days, and the water increased and lifted the ark and raised it above the earth.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

16The animals that went in were male and female of all flesh; they entered in just as God had commanded him. Then Yahweh shut the door after them.

18The waters completely covered over the earth, and the ark floated upon the surface of the water.

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Cross References

Genesis 7:4For in seven days I will cause it to rain upon the earth for forty days and forty nights. I will destroy from off the surface of the ground every living thing that I have made.”

Amos 9:6It is he who builds his steps in the heavens, 1 and has established his vault over the earth. 1 He calls for the waters of the sea, 1 and pours them out on the surface of the earth, 1 Yahweh is his name. 1

Matthew Henry on Genesis 7:14-17

13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; 14 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. 15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. 16 And they that went in, went in male and female of… Read the whole commentary →

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