Genesis 7:4
For 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.”
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5Noah did all that Yahweh commanded him.
Cross References
Genesis 6:3Yahweh said, “My spirit will not remain in mankind forever, for they are flesh. They will live 120 years.”
Genesis 6:13God said to Noah, “I can see that it is time to put an end to all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Indeed, I will destroy them with the earth.
Genesis 7:10It came about that after the seven days, the waters of the flood came upon the earth.
Genesis 7:17Then the flood came upon the earth for forty days, and the water increased and lifted the ark and raised it above the earth.
Genesis 8:10He waited another seven days and again he sent out the dove from the ark.
Genesis 29:27Complete the bridal week of this daughter, and we will give you the other also in return for serving me another seven years.”
Matthew Henry on Genesis 7:2-5
Noah Invited into the Ark. ( b. c. 2349.) 1 And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. 2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. 3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. 4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and… Read the whole commentary →