Berean Standard Bible
Genesis 7:11
11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
Genesis 7:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
- New International Version (NIV)In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month—on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
- English Standard Version (ESV)In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened.
- New King James Version (NKJV)In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Context of Genesis 7:11
9came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two, male and female, as God had commanded Noah. 10And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth. In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened. 12And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights. 13On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons—
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בִּשְׁנַ֨ת שֵׁשׁ־מֵא֤וֹת שָׁנָה֙ לְחַיֵּי־נֹ֔חַ בַּחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ הַשֵּׁנִ֔י בְּשִׁבְעָֽה־עָשָׂ֥ר י֖וֹם לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֗ה נִבְקְעוּ֙ כָּֽל־מַעְיְנֹת֙ תְּה֣וֹם רַבָּ֔ה וַאֲרֻבֹּ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם נִפְתָּֽחוּ׃Read the interlinear
- Inשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
- the sixשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
- hundredthמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
- of Noah’sנֹחַnôach · NoahH5146
- lifeחַיִּיםchay · lifeH2416
- on the seventeenthשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
- ·עָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
- dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- ·חֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
- of the secondשֵׁנִיshênîy · secondH8145
- ·זֶהzeh · thisH2088
- allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
- the fountainsמַעְיָןma‛yân ma‛yenô ma‛yânâh · springH4599
- of the greatרַבrab · manyH7227
- deepתְּהוֹםtehôm tehôm · abyssH8415
- burst forthבָּקַעbâqa‛ · to break up/openH1234
- and the floodgatesאֲרֻבָּה'ărubbâh · windowH699
- of the heavensשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
- were openedפָּתַחpâthach · to openH6605
Cross-references for Genesis 7:11
- Genesis 1:7So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.
- Genesis 6:17And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.
- Genesis 8:2The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.
- Job 28:4Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways.
- Job 38:8Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
- Psalms 33:7He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.
- Psalms 74:15You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.
- Proverbs 8:28when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth,
- Isaiah 24:19The earth is utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is shaken violently.
- Jeremiah 5:22Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.
- Jeremiah 51:16When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
- Ezekiel 26:19For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I make you a desolate city like other deserted cities, and when I raise up the deep against you so that the mighty waters cover you,
- Amos 9:5The Lord GOD of Hosts, He who touches the earth and it melts, and all its dwellers mourn— all the land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt—
- Matthew 24:38For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
- 2 Kings 7:2But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”
Commentaries on Genesis 7:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11In the six hundredth year, etc. - This must have been in the beginning of the six hundredth year of his life; for he was a year in the ark, Genesis 8:13; and lived three hundred and fifty years after the flood, and died nine hundred and fifty years old, Genesis 9:29; so it is evident that, when the flood commenced, he had just entered on his six hundredth year. Second month - The first month was Tisri, which answers to the latter half of September, and…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10-16Verses 10-16 - XXV. The Flood The date is here given, at which the flood commenced and the entrance into the ark was completed. “In seven days.” On the seventh day from the command. “In the second month.” The primeval year commenced about the autumnal equinox; we may say, on the nearest new moon. The rains began about a month or six weeks after the equinox, and, consequently, not far from the seventeenth of the second month. “All the fountains of the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-12on the seventeenth day of the second month: This specific detail gives the flood account a sense of seriousness. It shows that the event is presented as something that happened in history. fountains of the great deep: See 2:6. the floodgates of the heavens were opened: The great flood undid the boundaries established on the second and third days of creation (1:6–13). Other parts of the Bible describe God's judgment as undoing creation (see Jeremiah…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-241. And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark--The ark was finished; and Noah now, in the spirit of implicit faith, which had influenced his whole conduct, waited for directions from God.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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