Genesis 7:17

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The flood continued on the earth for forty days. The waters rose and lifted the ark, and it was raised high above the earth.

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  • Gen 7:4 : 4 For in seven days I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe out every living thing I have made from the face of the ground.
  • Gen 7:12 : 12 And the rain fell on the earth for forty days and forty nights.

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  • Gen 7:18-20
    3 verses
    90%

    18The waters prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.

    19The waters prevailed greatly on the earth, covering all the high mountains under the entire sky.

    20The waters rose to a height of fifteen cubits above the mountains, covering them completely.

  • Gen 7:9-13
    5 verses
    88%

    9two by two they came to Noah and entered the ark, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.

    10And after seven days, the waters of the flood came upon the earth.

    11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the windows of the heavens were opened.

    12And the rain fell on the earth for forty days and forty nights.

    13On that very day, Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, along with Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons, entered the ark.

  • Gen 7:23-24
    2 verses
    86%

    23Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out—human beings, animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky. They were destroyed from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.

    24The waters prevailed on the earth for one hundred and fifty days.

  • Gen 7:4-7
    4 verses
    83%

    4For in seven days I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe out every living thing I have made from the face of the ground.

    5And Noah did everything as the Lord commanded him.

    6Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth.

    7Noah, along with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.

  • Gen 8:1-7
    7 verses
    82%

    1And God remembered Noah, along with all the living creatures and the animals that were with him in the ark. And God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters began to subside.

    2The fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the heavens was restrained.

    3The waters continued to recede from the earth, steadily decreasing, and after one hundred and fifty days, the waters had diminished.

    4The ark came to rest in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.

    5The waters continued to decrease until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains became visible.

    6At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made.

    7He sent out a raven, and it kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.

  • Gen 8:12-15
    4 verses
    79%

    12He waited another seven days and sent out the dove once again, but she did not return to him anymore.

    13In the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the waters dried up from the earth. Noah removed the covering of the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.

    14By the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was completely dry.

    15Then God spoke to Noah, saying:

  • Gen 8:9-10
    2 verses
    78%

    9But the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, so she returned to the ark, for the waters were still over the surface of the whole earth. Noah reached out his hand, took her, and brought her back to himself in the ark.

    10He waited another seven days and again sent out the dove from the ark.

  • Gen 7:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

    15They came to Noah and entered the ark, two by two of all flesh in which there was the breath of life.

    16Those entering, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him, and the Lord shut him in.

  • Gen 7:1
    74%

    1Then the Lord said to Noah, 'Enter the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation.'

  • Gen 6:17
    74%

    17And I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh that has the breath of life in it, under the heavens; everything that is on the earth will perish.

  • Gen 8:17
    73%

    17Bring out every living thing that is with you—all creatures, including birds, livestock, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth—so they can multiply on the earth, be fruitful, and increase in number.