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

16A male and a female of every animal went in as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord closed the door behind them. 17The flood continued for 40 days on the earth. The water increased and lifted the ship so that it rose high above the ground. As the water rose and became very deep, the ship floated on top of the water. 19The water rose very high above the earth. It covered all the high mountains everywhere under the sky. 20It rose 23 feet above the mountaintops.

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 flowed back and covered Pharaoh’s entire army, as well as the chariots and the cavalry that had followed Israel into the sea. Not one of them survived.
• Job 22:16They are snatched up before their time. A river washes their foundation away.
• Psalms 69:15Do not let floodwaters sweep me away. Do not let the ocean swallow me up, or the pit close its mouth over me.
• Psalms 104:26Ships sail on it, and Leviathan, which you made, plays in it.

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

• Rain

In the dictionaries

• Cause
• Clean
• 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