Genesis 7:17 KJV
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.
Matthew Henry
- The increase of the flood for forty daysThe flood was increasing forty days. The waters rose so high, that the tops of the highest mountains were overflowed more than twenty feet. There is no place...
Thompson Chains
- Forty DaysStarts here · next Genesis 8:6 · 11 links
- DelugeSee the chain from Genesis 6:7 · 8 links
Cross References
- Genesis 7:4 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.
- Genesis 7:12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
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Topics
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible2349–2348 BC · The Flood
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And the flood וַיְהִי wayhî Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and הַמַּבּוּל hammabbûl מַבּוּל Noun · masculine singular · with the
- was forty אַרְבָּעִים ʾarbāʿîm אַרְבָּעִים Number · masculine or feminine plural
- days יוֹם yôm יוֹם Noun · masculine singular
- upon the earth עַל ʿal Preposition הָאָרֶץ hāʾāreṣ אֶרֶץ Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the
- and the waters הַמַּיִם hammayim מַיִם Noun · masculine plural · with the
- increased וַיִּרְבּוּ wayyirbû רָבָה Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
- and bare up וַיִּשְׂאוּ wayyiśʾû נָשָׂא Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
- the ark אֶת ʾet Object marker הַתֵּבָה hattēbâ תֵּבָה Noun · feminine singular · with the
- and it was lift up וַתָּרָם wattārām רוּם Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person feminine singular · with and
- above the earth מֵעַל mēʿal Preposition הָאָרֶץ hāʾāreṣ אֶרֶץ Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0
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