Genesis 7:17

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Genesis 7:17

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.

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KJV

King James Version

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.

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WEB

World English Bible

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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ASV

American Standard Version

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.

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Genesis 7

¹⁵ They came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two of every creature with the breath of life.

¹⁶ And they entered, the male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.

¹⁷ For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.

¹⁸ So the waters continued to surge and rise greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.

¹⁹ Finally, the waters completely prevailed upon the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.

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