Genesis 7:4

For.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..

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

In The King James Version

For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.

In Context

3lykewyse of the byrdes of the ayre vij. of every kynde male and female to save seed vppon all the erth.

5And Noe dyd acordynge to all yt the lorde comaunded hym:

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Cross References

Genesis 6:3And the LORd sayd: My spirite shall not allwaye stryve withe man for they are flesh. Nevertheles I wyll geue them yet space and hundred and.xx. yeres

Genesis 6:13Than sayd God to Noe: the end of all flesh is come before me for the erth is full of there myschefe. And loo I wyll destroy them with the erth.

Genesis 7:10And the seventh daye the waters of the floud came vppon the erth.

Genesis 7:17And the floud came.xl. dayes and.xl. nyghtes vppon the erth and the water increased and bare vp the arcke ad it was lifte vp from of the erth

Genesis 8:10And he abode yet.vij. dayes mo and sent out the doue agayne out of the arke

Genesis 29:27Passe out this weke and tha shall this also be geuen the for ye seruyce which thou shalt serue me yet.vij. yeres more.

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 →

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