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 Living Translation (NLT)As the waters rose higher and higher above the ground, the boat floated safely on the surface.

Context of Genesis 7:18

16So those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him; and the Lord shut him in. 17Now the flood was on the earth forty days. The waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. The waters prevailed and greatly increased on the earth, and the ark moved about on the surface of the waters. 19And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth, and all the high hills under the whole heaven were covered. 20The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.

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 14:28Then the waters returned and covered the chariots, the horsemen, and all the army of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them. Not so much as one of them remained.
• Job 22:16Who were cut down before their time, Whose foundations were swept away by a flood?
• Psalms 69:15Let not the floodwater overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth on me.
• Psalms 104:26There the ships sail about; There is that Leviathan Which You have made to play there.

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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• Judgments of God
• Noah
• Remain
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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