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Genesis 7:17
17For forty days the floodwaters grew deeper, covering the ground and lifting the boat high above the earth.
Genesis 7:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
- New International Version (NIV)For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The flood continued forty days on the earth. The waters increased and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now the flood was on the earth forty days. The waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.
Context of Genesis 7:17
15Two by two they came into the boat, representing every living thing that breathes. 16A male and female of each kind entered, just as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord closed the door behind them. For forty days the floodwaters grew deeper, covering the ground and lifting the boat high above the earth. 18As the waters rose higher and higher above the ground, the boat floated safely on the surface. 19Finally, the water covered even the highest mountains on the earth,
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וַֽיְהִ֧י הַמַּבּ֛וּל אַרְבָּעִ֥ים י֖וֹם עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיִּרְבּ֣וּ הַמַּ֗יִם וַיִּשְׂאוּ֙ אֶת־הַתֵּבָ֔ה וַתָּ֖רָם מֵעַ֥ל הָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And the floodמַבּוּלmabbûl · floodH3999
- was fortyאַרְבָּעִים'arbâ‛îym · fortyH705
- daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- upon the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- and the watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
- increasedרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
- and bare upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearH5375
- the arkתֵּבָהtêbâh · arkH8392
- and it was lift upרוּםrûm · to exaltH7311
Cross-references for Genesis 7:17
Commentaries on Genesis 7:17
- 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
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17the waters rose (literally waters multiplied): This is the same word used for the increase of humans and animals during creation (see 1:22, 28). Now, ironically, the story uses this word for the water that would destroy them. high above the earth: The Hebrew word translated as “ground” or “earth” appears eight times in eight verses (7:17–24). The great flood was now cleansing the earth, which humans had polluted.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. the waters increased, and bare up the ark--It seems to have been raised so gradually as to be scarcely perceptible to its occupants.Read the comment
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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
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