Genesis 7:12

God's Word

and rain came pouring down on the earth for 40 days and 40 nights.

Cross References

Genesis 7:17

The flood continued for 40 days on the earth. The water increased and lifted the ship so that it rose high above the ground.

Genesis 7:4

In seven days I will send rain to the earth for 40 days and 40 nights. I will wipe off the face of the earth every living creature that I have made.”

Genesis 8:2

The deep springs and the sky had been shut, and the rain had stopped pouring.

1 Kings 19:8

He got up, ate, and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled for 40 days and nights until he came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

Exodus 24:18

Moses entered the cloud as he went up the mountain. He stayed on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights.

Matthew 4:2

Jesus did not eat anything for 40 days and 40 nights. At the end of that time, he was hungry.

Deuteronomy 10:10

I stayed on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights as I did the first time. Once again the Lord listened to me and agreed not to destroy you.

Deuteronomy 9:18

Once again I threw myself down in front of the Lord. I went without food and water for 40 days and 40 nights because of the sin you committed. You did what the Lord considered evil and made him furious.

Deuteronomy 9:9

When I went up on the mountain to get the stone tablets, the tablets of the promise that the Lord made to you, I stayed on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights without food or water.

2 Peter 3:6

Water also flooded and destroyed that world.