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

9came to Noah to go into the ship in pairs (a male and female of each) as God had commanded Noah. 10Seven days later the flood came on the earth. On the seventeenth day of the second month of the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, all the deep springs burst open. The sky opened, 12and rain came pouring down on the earth for 40 days and 40 nights. 13On that same day Noah and his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, as well as Noah’s wife and his three daughters-in-law went into the ship.

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 the horizon and separated the water above and below the horizon. And so it was.
• Genesis 6:17I’m about to send a flood on the earth to destroy all people under the sky—every living, breathing human. Everything on earth will die.
• Genesis 8:2The deep springs and the sky had been shut, and the rain had stopped pouring.
• Job 28:4They open up a mineshaft far from civilization, where no one has set foot. ⌞In this shaft⌟ men dangle and swing back and forth.
• Job 38:8“Who shut the sea behind gates when it burst through and came out of the womb,
• Psalms 33:7He gathers the water in the sea like a dam and puts the oceans in his storehouses.
• Psalms 74:15You opened the springs and brooks. You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.
• Proverbs 8:28when he established the skies above, when he determined the currents in the ocean,
• Isaiah 24:19The earth will be completely broken. The earth will shake back and forth violently. The earth will stagger.
• Jeremiah 5:22Don’t you fear me?” asks the Lord. “Don’t you tremble in my presence? I made the sand a boundary for the sea, a permanent barrier that it cannot cross. Although the waves toss continuously, they can’t break through. Although they roar, they can’t cross it.
• Jeremiah 51:16When he thunders, the water in the sky roars. He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain. He brings wind out of his storehouses.
• Ezekiel 26:19“This is what the Almighty Lord says: I will turn your city into ruins like cities that have no one living in them. I will bring the deep ocean over you, and the Mediterranean Sea will cover you.
• Amos 9:5The Almighty Lord of Armies touches the earth. It quakes, and all who live on it mourn. All of it rises like the Nile and sinks like Egypt’s river.
• Matthew 24:38In the days before the flood, people were eating, drinking, and getting married until the day that Noah went into the ship.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:3When people say, “Everything is safe and sound!” destruction will suddenly strike them. It will be as sudden as labor pains come to a pregnant woman. They won’t be able to escape.
• 2 Kings 7:2The servant on whose arm the king was leaning answered the man of God, “Could this happen even if the Lord poured rain through windows in the sky?” Elisha replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you won’t 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

Topics related to Genesis 7:11

• Animals
• Ark
• Month
• Rain

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