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Genesis 7:17

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The flood was forty days on the earth. The waters increased, and lifted up the ship, and it was lifted up above the earth.

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Genesis 7:17 in other translations

And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.

Genesis 7:17 · American Standard Version

Genesis 7:17 in context

  1. 15Pairs from all flesh with the breath of life in them went into the ship to Noah.
  2. 16Those who went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him; then Yahweh shut him in.
  3. 17The flood was forty days on the earth. The waters increased, and lifted up the ship, and it was lifted up above the earth.
  4. 18The waters rose, and increased greatly on the earth; and the ship floated on the surface of the waters.
  5. 19The waters rose very high on the earth. All the high mountains that were under the whole sky were covered.