The waters rose, and increased greatly on the earth; and the ship floated on the surface of the waters.
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The waters rose, and increased greatly on the earth; and the ship floated on the surface of the waters.
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And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
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And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
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Passages linked to Genesis 7:18 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 14:28 The waters returned, and covered the chariots and the horsemen, even all Pharaoh’s army that went in after them into the sea. There remained not so much as one of them.
- Job 22:16 who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
- Psalms 69:15 Don’t let the flood waters overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Don’t let the pit shut its mouth on me.
- Psalms 104:26 There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 7:18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased…
Gen 7:18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
Ver. 18. And the ark went upon the face of the waters.] Where now were those profane scoffers that asked what the old fool meant to build such a vessel? and whether, when he had made his ship, he would also make a sea for it to swim in?
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The waters were increased greatly upon the earth; overthrowing…
The waters were increased greatly upon the earth; overthrowing men, and houses, and trees, where possibly they did or thought to secure themselves.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Fifteen cubits upwards did the waters prevail,.... Either to…
Fifteen cubits upwards did the waters prevail,.... Either to such an height above the earth, upwards from that, or from the high hills; for though the words do not necessarily imply that, yet it may be allowed, since there was water enough to cover the highest of them; and fifteen cubits of water were enough to drown the tallest man, or largest beast that should be upon the top of any of them:
and the mountains were covered, with water, even it may be allowed fifteen cubits high; nor will this furnish out so considerable an objection to the history of the flood as may be thought at first sight, since the highest mountains are not near so high as they are by some calculated. Sir Walter Raleigh allows thirty miles for the height of the mountains, yet the highest in the world will not be found to be above six direct miles in height. Olympus, whose height is so extolled by the poets, does not exceed a mile and a half perpendicular, and about seventy paces. Mount Athos, said to cast its shade into the isle of Lemnos (according to, Pliny eighty seven miles) is not above two miles in height, nor Caucasus much more; nay, the Peak of Teneriff, reputed the highest mountain in the world, may be ascended in three days (according to the proportion of eight furlongs to a day's journey), which makes about the height of a German mile perpendicular; and the Spaniards affirm, that the Andes, those lofty mountains of Peru, in comparison of which they say the Alps are but cottages, may be ascended in four days' compass (o).
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(o) See the Universal History, vol. 1. p. 218. marg. Bedford's Scripture Chronology, ch. 12. p. 152, 153.
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