Genesis 7:17

Plain English Version

The flood water kept on getting higher and higher for all those 40 days, and the big boat started to float on the water.

Cross References

Genesis 7:18

The water got deeper and deeper, but that boat was all right, it floated on top of the water, high above the ground.

Genesis 7:4

You see, I’m going to send a big rain. That rain will come in 7 days time. Then it will keep on raining all the time for 40 days. The flood water will come up and wash away all the things that I have made.”