Genesis 7:24

The waters stayed upon the earth for a hundred and fifty days.

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And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.

In Context

23So every living thing that was on the surface of the earth was wiped out, from mankind to the larger animals, to creeping things, and to birds of the sky. They were all destroyed from the earth. Only Noah and those with him in the ark were left.

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Cross References

Genesis 8:3The flood waters went down slowly from the earth, and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters had gone down.

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 →

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