Genesis 7:17 — Meaning and Application

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“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

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And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein {is} the breath of life.

And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.

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.

And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.

And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that {were} under the whole heaven, were covered.

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Genesis 7:1

"And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation."

Genesis 7:2

"Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that {are} not clean by two, the male and his female. {by sevens: Heb. seven seven}"

Genesis 7:3

"Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. {by sevens: Heb. seven seven}"

Genesis 7:4

"For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. {destroy: Heb. blot out}"

Genesis 7:5

"And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him."

Genesis 7:6

"And Noah {was} six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth."

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