Genesis 7:12

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“And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.”

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BSBPD

“And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and the shower is on the earth forty days and forty nights.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 7:12 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 7:4For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”
  2. Genesis 7:17For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.
  3. Exodus 24:18Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
  4. Deuteronomy 9:9When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water.
  5. Deuteronomy 9:18Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD and provoking Him to anger.
  6. Deuteronomy 10:10I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, like the first time, and that time the LORD again listened to me and agreed not to destroy you.
  7. 1 Kings 19:8So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.
  8. Matthew 4:2After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.

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