Genesis 7:12

ad there fell a rayne vpon the erth.xl. dayes and.xl. nyghtes.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

In The King James Version

And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

In Context

11In the.vi. hundred yere of Noes lyfe in the secode moneth in the.xvij daye of the moneth yt same daye were all the founteynes of the grete depe broken vp and the wyndowes of heave were opened

13And the selfe same daye went Noe Sem Ham and Iapheth Noes sonnes and Noes wyfe and the.iij. wyues of his sonnes wyth them in to the arke:

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Cross References

Genesis 7:4For.vij. dayes hence wyll I send rayne vppo the erth.xl. dayes and.xl. nyghtes and wyll dystroy all maner of thynges that I haue made from of the face of the erth..

Matthew Henry on Genesis 7:12-13

11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. Here is, I. The date of this great event; this is carefully recorded, for the greater certainty of the story. 1. It was in the 600th year of Noah's life, which, by computation, appears to be 1656 years from the creation. The years of the old world are… Read the whole commentary →

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