Genesis 7:17

Modern English Version

The flood was on the earth forty days, and the water increased and lifted up the ark, so that it rose up above the earth.

Cross References

Genesis 7:12

The rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.

Genesis 7:16

So they went in, male and female of all flesh, just as God had commanded him; then the Lord shut him in.

Genesis 7:18

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

Genesis 7:4

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 I will destroy from the face of the earth.”

Amos 9:6

who builds His chambers in the heavens, and founds His vault over the earth; who summons the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the surface of the earth— the Lord is His name.