Revised Literal Translation
Genesis 7:17-24
17And the floodH3999 was fortyH705 daysH3117 upon the earthH776; and the watersH4325 increasedH7235, and bare upH5375 the arkH8392, and it was lift upH7311 above the earthH776.
18And the watersH4325 prevailedH1396, and were increasedH7235 greatlyH3966 upon the earthH776; and the arkH8392 wentH3212 upon the faceH6440 of the watersH4325.
19And the watersH4325 prevailedH1396 exceedinglyH3966 upon the earthH776; and all the highH1364 hillsH2022, that were underH8478 the whole heavenH8064, were coveredH3680.
20FifteenH2568H6240 cubitsH520 upwardH4605 did the watersH4325 prevailH1396; and the mountainsH2022 were coveredH3680.
21And all fleshH1320 diedH1478 that movedH7430 upon the earthH776, both of fowlH5775, and of cattleH929, and of beastH2416, and of every creeping thingH8318 that creepethH8317 upon the earthH776, and every manH120:
22All in whose nostrilsH639 was the breathH7307H5397 of lifeH2416, of all that was in the dryH2724 land, diedH4191.1
23And every living substanceH3351 was destroyedH4229 which was upon the faceH6440 of the groundH127, both manH120, and cattleH929, and the creeping thingsH7431, and the fowlH5775 of the heavenH8064; and they were destroyedH4229 from the earthH776: and NoahH5146 onlyH389 remainedH7604 alive, and they thatH834 were with him in the arkH8392.
24And the watersH4325 prevailedH1396 upon the earthH776 an hundredH3967 and fiftyH2572 daysH3117.
Notes
- 1. Genesis 7:22 the breath…: Heb. the breath of the spirit of life. ↩
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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