Genesis 7:20

eve.xv. cubytes hye prevayled the waters so that the hylles were covered.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

In The King James Version

Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

In Context

19And the waters prevayled excedingly above mesure vppo the erth so that all the hye hylles which are vnder all the partes of heaven were covered:

21And all fleshe that moved on the erth bothe birdes catell and beastes perisshed with al that crepte on the erth and all men:

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Cross References

Genesis 6:15And of this facion shalt thou make it.The lenth of the arcke shall be.iij. hundred cubytes ad the bredth of it.l. cubytes and the heyth of it.xxx. cubytes.

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 →

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