Genesis 7:17

New Living Translation

For forty days the floodwaters grew deeper, covering the ground and lifting the boat high above the earth.

Cross References

Genesis 7:12

The rain continued to fall for forty days and forty nights.

Genesis 7:16

A male and female of each kind entered, just as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord closed the door behind them.

Genesis 7:18

As the waters rose higher and higher above the ground, the boat floated safely on the surface.

Genesis 7:4

Seven days from now I will make the rains pour down on the earth. And it will rain for forty days and forty nights, until I have wiped from the earth all the living things I have created.”

Amos 9:6

The Lord’s home reaches up to the heavens, while its foundation is on the earth. He draws up water from the oceans and pours it down as rain on the land. The Lord is his name!