Genesis 7:17 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁷ And the flood was on the earth forty days, and the waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ The flood [that is, the downpour of rain] was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased and bore up the ark, and it was lifted [high] above the land.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ The flood remained on the earth for forty days. The waters rose, lifted the ark, and it rode high above the earth.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And the great flood occurred for forty days upon the earth. And the waters were increased, and they lifted the ark high above the land.

Genesis 7:17 Cross References

Genesis 7:12

And the rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.

Genesis 7:16

And those going in, male and female of all flesh, went in as Elohim had commanded him, and יהוה  shut him in.

Genesis 7:18

And the waters were mighty and greatly increased on the earth, and the ark moved about on the surface of the waters.

Genesis 7:4

“For after seven more days I am sending rain on the earth, forty days and forty nights, and shall wipe from the face of the earth all that stand that I created.”

Amos 9:6

who is building His upper room in the heavens, and has founded His firmament on the earth, who is calling for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the face of the earth – יהוה  is His Name.