Genesis 7:17

And it came to pass, that the flood was forty days on the earth,—and the waters increased and bare up the ark, and it was lifted high above the earth,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

16And, they that entered, male and female of all flesh, entered, as God commanded him,—and Yahweh shut him in round about.

18And the waters prevailed and increased greatly, on the earth,—and the ark went its way on the face of the waters.

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Cross References

Genesis 7:4For in seven days more, I, am sending rain on the earth, forty days and forty nights,—so will I wipe out all the living things which I have made, from off the face of the ground.

Amos 9:6Who buildeth, in the heavens, his upper rooms, and, as for his vault, upon the earth, hath he founded it,—who calleth to the waters of the sea, and poureth them out over the face of the land, Yahweh, is his name.

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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