Genesis 7:17

Bible in Basic English 1965

And for forty days the waters were over all the earth; and the waters were increased so that the ark was lifted up high over the earth.

Cross References

Genesis 7:12

And rain came down on the earth for forty days and forty nights.

Genesis 7:16

Male and female of all flesh went in, as God had said, and the ark was shut by the Lord.

Genesis 7:18

And the waters overcame everything and were increased greatly on the earth, and the ark was resting on the face of the waters.

Genesis 7:4

For after seven days I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, for the destruction of every living thing which I have made on the face of the earth.

Amos 9:6

It is he who makes his rooms in the heaven, basing his arch on the earth; whose voice goes out to the waters of the sea, and sends them flowing over the face of the earth; the Lord is his name.