Genesis 7:17
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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.For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.
In other translations
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.For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.
Hebrew words
וַיְהִיvayhiand it wasH1961הַמַּבּוּלhamabulthe floodH3999אַרְבָּעִים'arba'imfortyH705יוֹםyomday[s]H3117עַל־'al-onH5921הָאָרֶץha'aretzthe earthH776וַיִּרְבּוּvaiyirbuand they increasedH7235הַמַּיִםhamayimthe watersH4325וַיִּשְׂאוּvaiyis'uand they liftedH5375אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הַתֵּבָהhatevahthe arkH8392וַתָּרָםvataromand it roseH7311מֵעַלme'alfrom onH5921הָאָרֶץ׃ha'aretzthe earthH776
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Related verses
- Genesis 7:4For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”
- Genesis 7:12And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.
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