Genesis 7:11

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

9Each pair was one male and one female. They all came to Noah in the ship. Everything happened as God had said to Noah. 10After seven days had passed, God sent the deep water to cover the earth. When Noah was 600 years old, on the 17th day of the second month, streams of water came up everywhere from below the earth. Also, the water in the heavens poured down on the earth. 12Rain fell on the earth for 40 days and 40 nights. 13On the day that the rain began to fall, Noah and his wife went into the ship. Noah's three sons (Shem, Ham and Japheth) and their three wives also went in.

Genesis 7:11 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Inשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• the sixשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
• hundredthמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• of Noah’sנֹחַnôach · NoahH5146
• lifeחַיִּיםchay · lifeH2416
• in the secondשֵׁנִיshênîy · secondH8145
• monthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
• the seventeenthעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• the seventeenthשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• the sameזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• were all the fountainsמַעְיָןma‛yân ma‛yenô ma‛yânâh · springH4599
• of the greatרַבrab · manyH7227
• deepתְּהוֹםtehôm tehôm · abyssH8415
• broken upבָּקַעbâqa‛ · to break up/openH1234
• and the windowsאֲרֻבָּה'ărubbâh · windowH699
• of heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• were openedפָּתַחpâthach · to openH6605

Cross-references for Genesis 7:11

• Genesis 1:7So God made this wide space. He made the water under the space separate from the water that was above it. What God said happened.
• Genesis 6:17I will cover the earth with deep water. I will destroy all living things, wherever they live. Everything that breathes will die.
• Genesis 8:2Streams of water stopped coming up from below the earth. Rain stopped coming down from the sky.
• Job 28:4They dig deep holes in the ground far away from places where people live. Other people do not know about those places. People hang on ropes as they go deep down into the earth.
• Job 38:8When the sea poured out of the ground, I decided where its borders should be. I kept the water in its right place.
• Psalms 33:7He put the water of the sea together in a heap. He made the deep seas stay in their right places.
• Psalms 74:15You caused springs and streams of water to appear. And you made large rivers become dry!
• Proverbs 8:28I was there when he put the clouds in the sky. I was there when he made streams of water fill the seas.
• Isaiah 24:19The earth has become broken into many pieces. It has torn apart. It is shaking powerfully.
• Jeremiah 5:22The Lord says, ‘You should respect me and obey me. You should shake with fear when you come to me. I made the sand as an edge for the sea. It is like a wall that the sea cannot cross. The sea's waves may attack the shore, but it cannot go further than that edge.
• Jeremiah 51:16When he shouts like thunder, the water in the sky roars. He brings the clouds from the far places of the earth. He causes bright lightning to show in the storms. He opens his rooms so that the wind comes out and it blows everywhere.
• Ezekiel 26:19This is what the Almighty Lord says: I will make you an empty place, like cities where nobody lives. The great waves of the sea will completely cover you.
• Amos 9:5The Lord God Almighty will do this! When he touches the earth, it shakes. Everyone who lives there weeps. The ground rises up, like the water of the Nile river in Egypt. Then it goes down again, like the river.
• Matthew 24:38In Noah's time, in the days before the flood, people were eating their meals every day. Men married women and women married men. They continued to do all these things until the day that Noah went into his big boat.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:3At that time, people will be saying, ‘We are safe and there is no trouble for us.’ But then, when they are not ready for it, great punishment will suddenly happen to them. It will be impossible for them to run away. Pain will suddenly come to them, like a woman who is giving birth to a baby.
• 2 Kings 7:2The special officer who was near to the king said to the man of God, ‘That will never happen! Even if the Lord opens the skies and sends us rain, it could not happen so soon.’ Elisha said, ‘You yourself will see this happen, but you will not eat any of the food!’

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

Topics related to Genesis 7:11

• Animals
• Ark
• Month
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In the dictionaries

• Windows of Heaven
• Cause
• Clean
• Deluge
• Firmament
• Flood
• Increase
• Judgments of God
• Noah
• Remain

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