Genesis 7:20
the watyr was hiyere bi fiftene cubitis ouer the hilis whiche it hilide.
Wycliffe (portions)
In The King James Version
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
In Context
19And the watris hadden maistrie greetli on erthe, and alle hiye hillis vndur alle heuene weren hilid;
Cross References
Genesis 6:15And so thou schalt make it. The lengthe of the schip schal be of thre hundrid cubitis, the brede schal be of fifti cubitis, and the hiynesse therof schal be of thretti cubitis.
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 →