Christian Standard Bible
Genesis 7:4
4Seven days from now I will make it rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and every living thing I have made I will wipe off the face of the earth.”
Genesis 7:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)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 creature I have made.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)For in seven days I will send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and every living thing that I have made I will blot out from the face of the ground."
- New King James Version (NKJV)For after seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will destroy from the face of the earth all living things that I have made.”
Context of Genesis 7:4
2You are to take with you seven pairs, a male and its female, of all the clean animals, and two of the animals that are not clean, a male and its female, 3and seven pairs, male and female, of the birds of the sky — in order to keep offspring alive throughout the earth. Seven days from now I will make it rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and every living thing I have made I will wipe off the face of the earth.” 5And Noah did everything that the Lord commanded him. 6Noah was six hundred years old when the flood came and water covered the earth.
Read all of Genesis 7Genesis 7:4 word by word
כִּי֩ לְיָמִ֨ים ע֜וֹד שִׁבְעָ֗ה אָֽנֹכִי֙ מַמְטִ֣יר עַל־הָאָ֔רֶץ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים י֔וֹם וְאַרְבָּעִ֖ים לָ֑יְלָה וּמָחִ֗יתִי אֶֽת־כָּל־הַיְקוּם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֔יתִי מֵעַ֖ל פְּנֵ֥י הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- For yetעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750
- sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
- daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- and I will cause it to rainמָטַרmâţar · to rainH4305
- upon the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- fortyאַרְבָּעִים'arbâ‛îym · fortyH705
- nightsלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
- and everyכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
- living substanceיְקוּםyeqûm · existenceH3351
- that I have madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
- will I destroyמָחָהmâchâh · to wipeH4229
- from offעַל‛al · uponH5921
- the faceפָּנֶהpânîym · face: surfaceH6440
- of the earthאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127
Cross-references for Genesis 7:4
- Genesis 7:10Seven days later the floodwaters came on the earth.
- Genesis 2:5no shrub of the field had yet grown on the land, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the Lord God had not made it rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground.
- Genesis 6:3And the Lord said, “My Spirit will not remain with mankind forever, because they are corrupt. Their days will be 120 years.”
- Genesis 8:10So Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove from the ark again.
- Genesis 29:27Complete this week of wedding celebration, and we will also give you this younger one in return for working yet another seven years for me.”
- Job 28:25When God fixed the weight of the wind and distributed the water by measure,
- Job 36:27For he makes waterdrops evaporate; they distill the rain into its mist,
- Job 37:11He saturates clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through them.
- Amos 4:7I also withheld the rain from you while there were still three months until harvest. I sent rain on one city but no rain on another. One field received rain while a field with no rain withered.
- Genesis 7:12and the rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.
- Genesis 7:21Every creature perished — those that crawl on the earth, birds, livestock, wildlife, and those that swarm on the earth, as well as all mankind.
- Genesis 6:17“Understand that I am bringing a flood — floodwaters on the earth to destroy every creature under heaven with the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish.
- Genesis 6:7Then the Lord said, “I will wipe mankind, whom I created, off the face of the earth, together with the animals, creatures that crawl, and birds of the sky — for I regret that I made them.”
- Exodus 32:32Now if you would only forgive their sin. But if not, please erase me from the book you have written.”
- Job 22:16They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were washed away by a river.
- Psalms 69:28Let them be erased from the book of life and not be recorded with the righteous.
Commentaries on Genesis 7:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4For yet seven days - God spoke these words probably on the seventh or Sabbath day, and the days of the ensuing week were employed in entering the ark, in embarking the mighty troop, for whose reception ample provision had been already made. Forty days - This period became afterwards sacred, and was considered a proper space for humiliation. Moses fasted forty days, Deuteronomy 9:9, Deuteronomy 9:11; so did Elijah, 1 Kings 19:8; so did our Lord, Matthew…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-9Verses 1-9 - The Ark Was Entered 2. טהור ṭâhôr “clean, fit for food or sacrifice.” 4. יקוּם yeqûm “standing thing; what grows up, whether animal or plant.” Compare קמה qāmâh “stalk, or standing corn.” Genesis 7:1-4 Here is found the command to enter the ark. The general direction in the preceding chapter was given many years ago, before the ark was commenced. Now, when it is completed, a more specific command is issued. “For thee have I seen…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4The number forty is often connected with times of testing, hardship, or judgment (see Exodus 16:35; Judges 13:1; 1 Kings 19:8; Ezekiel 4:6; Jonah 3:4; Matthew 4:2; Acts 1:3).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. For yet seven days--A week for a world to repent! What a solemn pause! Did they laugh and ridicule his folly still? He whose eyes saw and whose heart felt the full amount of human iniquity and perverseness has told us of their reckless disregard (Lu 17:27).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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