Genesis 7:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose 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 every living thing that I have made will I destroy from the face of the earth.
  • Gen 7:12 : 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

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  • Gen 7:18-20
    3 verses
    90%

    18And the waters prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark moved on the surface of the waters.

    19And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills under the whole heaven were covered.

    20The waters covered them fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.

  • Gen 7:9-13
    5 verses
    88%

    9They went in two by two to Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.

    10And it occurred after seven days that the floodwaters were upon the earth.

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

    12And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

    13On the same day, Noah entered, with Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;

  • Gen 7:23-24
    2 verses
    86%

    23And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed, both man and cattle, creeping things and birds of the sky; they were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark survived.

    24And the waters prevailed upon 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 every living thing that I have made will I destroy from the face of the earth.

    5And Noah did according to all that the LORD commanded him.

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

    7And Noah, with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives, entered the ark because of the floodwaters.

  • Gen 8:1-7
    7 verses
    82%

    1And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.

    2The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were also stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.

    3And the waters receded continually from the earth, and after one hundred and fifty days the waters were diminished.

    4And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.

    5And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.

    6And it came to pass at the end of forty days that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.

    7And he sent forth a raven, which went back and forth until the waters were dried up from the earth.

  • Gen 8:12-15
    4 verses
    79%

    12And he waited another seven days, and sent forth the dove, which did not return to him anymore.

    13And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from the earth. And Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.

    14And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.

    15And 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, and she returned to him in the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth. Then he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her into the ark.

    10And he waited another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.

  • Gen 7:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

    15And they went into Noah into the ark, two by two of all flesh in which is the breath of life.

    16And those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him; and the LORD shut him in.

  • Gen 7:1
    74%

    1And the LORD said to Noah, "Go, you and all your household, into the ark; for I have seen you as righteous before Me in this generation."

  • Gen 6:17
    74%

    17And behold, I Myself am bringing a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die.

  • Gen 8:17
    73%

    17Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you, of all flesh, birds, cattle, and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth, so that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth.