Genesis 7
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 7 of 50
Chapter Summary
1 Noah, with his family, and the living creatures enter into ark. 11 The beginning, increase, and continuance of flood.
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People & Context
God commands Noah, his family (wife and three sons' wives), and animals (clean animals by sevens, unclean by twos, birds by sevens) to enter the ark.
In Noah's 600th year, on the 17th day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens open. Rain …
Noah, his family, and the animals are secured in the ark by God. The waters prevail for 40 days, lifting the ark above the earth. The waters increase …
Timeline
God commands Noah, his family (wife and three sons' wives), and animals (clean animals by sevens, unclean by twos, birds by sevens) to enter the ark.
Genesis 7:1-9In Noah's 600th year, on the 17th day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens open. Rain falls for 40 days and 40 nights.
Genesis 7:10-12Noah, his family, and the animals are secured in the ark by God. The waters prevail for 40 days, lifting the ark above the earth. The waters increase exceedingly, covering all high mountains by 15 cubits. All flesh on earth (fowl, cattle, beasts, creeping things, mankind) dies, with only Noah and those with him in the ark remaining. The waters prevail for 150 days.
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