Genesis 7:4

New Living Translation

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.”

Cross References

Genesis 2:5

neither wild plants nor grains were growing on the earth. For the Lord God had not yet sent rain to water the earth, and there were no people to cultivate the soil.

Genesis 6:13

So God said to Noah, “I have decided to destroy all living creatures, for they have filled the earth with violence. Yes, I will wipe them all out along with the earth!

Genesis 6:17

“Look! I am about to cover the earth with a flood that will destroy every living thing that breathes. Everything on earth will die.

Genesis 6:3

Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will not put up with humans for such a long time, for they are only mortal flesh. In the future, their normal lifespan will be no more than 120 years.”

Genesis 6:7

And the Lord said, “I will wipe this human race I have created from the face of the earth. Yes, and I will destroy every living thing—all the people, the large animals, the small animals that scurry along the ground, and even the birds of the sky. I am sorry I ever made them.”

Genesis 7:10

After seven days, the waters of the flood came and covered the earth.

Genesis 7:12

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

Genesis 7:17

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

Genesis 7:3

Also take seven pairs of every kind of bird. There must be a male and a female in each pair to ensure that all life will survive on the earth after the flood.

Genesis 8:10

After waiting another seven days, Noah released the dove again.

Genesis 8:12

He waited another seven days and then released the dove again. This time it did not come back.

Genesis 8:2

The underground waters stopped flowing, and the torrential rains from the sky were stopped.

Job 22:16

They were snatched away in the prime of life, the foundations of their lives washed away.

Job 28:25

He decided how hard the winds should blow and how much rain should fall.

Psalm 69:28

Erase their names from the Book of Life; don’t let them be counted among the righteous.

Jeremiah 28:16

Therefore, this is what the Lord says: ‘You must die. Your life will end this very year because you have rebelled against the Lord.’”

Amos 4:7

“I kept the rain from falling when your crops needed it the most. I sent rain on one town but withheld it from another. Rain fell on one field, while another field withered away.

Revelation 3:5

All who are victorious will be clothed in white. I will never erase their names from the Book of Life, but I will announce before my Father and his angels that they are mine.