Genesis 7:17

New English Translation

The flood engulfed the earth for forty days. As the waters increased, they lifted the ark and raised it above the earth.

Cross References

Genesis 7:12

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

Genesis 7:16

Those that entered were male and female, just as God commanded him. Then the Lord shut him in.

Genesis 7:18

The waters completely overwhelmed the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.

Genesis 7:4

For in seven days I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the ground every living thing that I have made.”

Amos 9:6

He builds the upper rooms of his palace in heaven and sets its foundation supports on the earth. He summons the water of the sea and pours it out on the earth’s surface. The Lord is his name.