Genesis 7:18

Genesis 7:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
• New International Version (NIV)The waters rose and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the face of the waters.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The waters prevailed and greatly increased on the earth, and the ark moved about on the surface of the waters.

Context of Genesis 7:18

16Each pair was one male and one female. This happened in the way that God had told Noah. When they were all in the ship, the Lord shut the door. 17For 40 days, the water on the earth became deeper. The water lifted the ship high above the ground. The water became even deeper and completely covered the earth. The ship went safely on top of the water. 19More water came until it covered all the high mountains on the earth. 20The water still became deeper so that it was more than 6 metres higher than the tops of the mountains.

Genesis 7:18 word by word

וַיִּגְבְּר֥וּ הַמַּ֛יִם וַיִּרְבּ֥וּ מְאֹ֖ד עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַתֵּ֥לֶךְ הַתֵּבָ֖ה עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַמָּֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• prevailedגָּבַרgâbar · to prevailH1396
• and were increasedרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
• greatlyמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• upon the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• and the arkתֵּבָהtêbâh · arkH8392
• wentיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• upon the faceפָּנֶהpânîym · face: surfaceH6440

Cross-references for Genesis 7:18

• Exodus 14:28The water returned to its proper place. It covered all of Pharaoh's army that had followed the Israelites into the sea. It covered all the chariots, the horses and their riders. Not one of Pharaoh's soldiers was still alive!
• Job 22:16Those people died before they should have done. A great flood of water took them away. They had no safe place to stand.
• Psalms 69:15Do not let the floods pour over me. Do not let the deep sea cause me to drown. Do not let me fall into the deep hole of death.
• Psalms 104:26Ships travel on the sea. You made the monster, Leviathan, to swim and to play in the sea.

Commentaries on Genesis 7:18

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17-24Verses 17-24 The prevalence of the waters. The forty days are now completed. And at the end of this period the ark had been afloat for a long time. It was drifted on the waters in the direction in which they were flowing, and toward what was formerly the higher ground. Genesis 7:19 Upon the land. - The land is to be understood of the portion of the earth‘s surface known to man. This, with an unknown margin beyond it, was covered with the waters. But this…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-20Verses 17-20 The 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 on earth so high as to set men out of the reach of God's judgments. God's hand will find out all his enemies, Psa 21:8. When the flood thus increased, Noah's ark was lifted up, and the waters which broke down every thing else, bore up the ark. That which to unbelievers betokens death…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 7:18

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• Cause
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• Deluge
• Flood
• Increase
• Judgments of God
• Noah
• Remain
• Seventeenth
• Window

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