Genesis 7:17-24
New King James Version
17 (A)Now the flood was on the earth forty days. The waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. 18 The waters prevailed and greatly increased on the earth, (B)and the ark moved about on the surface of the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth, and all the high hills under the whole heaven were covered. 20 The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered. 21 (C)And all flesh died that moved on [a]the earth: birds and cattle and beasts and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man. 22 All in (D)whose nostrils was the breath [b]of the spirit of life, all that was on the dry land, died. 23 So He destroyed all living things which were on the face of the ground: both man and cattle, creeping thing and bird of the air. They were destroyed from the earth. Only (E)Noah and those who were with him in the ark remained alive. 24 (F)And the waters prevailed on the earth one hundred and fifty days.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Genesis 7:21 the land
- Genesis 7:22 LXX, Vg. omit of the spirit
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