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Genesis 7:18 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. "
Genesis 7:18
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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.
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
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Genesis 7:1
"And the Lord said to Noah, Take all your family and go into the ark, for you only in this generation have I seen to be upright."
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."
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."
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."
Genesis 7:5
"And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded"
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