Genesis 7:17

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“For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.”

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BSBPD

“For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And the deluge is forty days on the earth, and the waters multiply, and lift up the ark, and it is raised up from off the earth;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 7:17 — 3 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 7:12And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.
  3. Amos 9:6He builds His upper rooms in the heavens and founds His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth. The LORD is His name.

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