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Genesis 7:17 KJV
Genesis · chapter 7 · verse 17
And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.Genesis 7:17 · King James Version
Genesis 7:17 in context
15And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
16And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.
17And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
18And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
19And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- increasedrâbâhto increaseH7235 →
- watersmayimwaterH4325 →
- floodmabbûwla delugeH3999 →
- fortyʼarbâʻîymfortyH705 →
- earthʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- daysyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
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We are here told, I. How long the flood was increasing - forty days, Gen 7:17. The profane world, who believed not that it would come, probably when it came flattered themselves with hopes that it would soon abate and never come to extremity; but still it increased, it prevailed. Note, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-20