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Genesis 7:20 KJV
Genesis · chapter 7 · verse 20
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.Genesis 7:20 · King James Version
Genesis 7:20 in context
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.
20Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
21And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:
22All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- mountainshara mountain or range of hillsH2022 →
- FifteenʻâsârtenH6240 →
- FifteenchâmêshfiveH2568 →
- prevailgâbarto be strongH1396 →
- cubitsʼammâhproperly, a motherH520 →
- upwardmaʻalproperly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from…H4605 →
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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