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.
Study Helps
Interpretation
The flood was increasing forty days. The waters rose so high, that the tops of the highest mountains were overflowed more than twenty feet.
Read with
This thought runs through Genesis 7:17-20.
Glossary
- Ark Object
- Noah’s ark, a building of gopher-wood, and covered with pitch, 300 cubits long, 50 cubits broad, and 30 cubits high.