Genesis 7:17
“And the Flood was fortie dayes vpon the earth, and the waters increased, and bare vp the Arke, and it was lift vp aboue the earth.”
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Genesis 7:17 Context
15And they went in vnto Noah into the Arke, 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 commaunded him: and the LORD shut him in. 17And the Flood was fortie dayes vpon the earth, and the waters increased, and bare vp the Arke, and it was lift vp aboue the earth. 18And the waters preuailed, and were encreased greatly vpon the earth: and the Arke went vpon the face of the waters. 19And the waters preuailed exceedingly vpon the earth, and all the high hils, that were vnder the whole heauen, were couered.
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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.
- King James Version
Then the flood came upon the earth for forty days, and the water increased and lifted up the ark, so that it rose above the earth.
- New American Standard Version (1995)