Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
For
Forty days
And every
General references
Bible References
For
Genesis 7:10
And after the seven days [God released the rain and] the floodwaters came on the earth.
Genesis 2:5
no shrub or plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprouted, for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground,
Genesis 6:3
Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not strive and remain with man forever, because he is indeed flesh [sinful, corrupt—given over to sensual appetites]; nevertheless his days shall yet be a hundred and twenty years.”
Genesis 8:10
He waited another seven days and again sent the dove out from the ark.
Genesis 29:27
Finish the week [of the wedding feast] for Leah; then we will give you Rachel also, and in return you shall work for me for seven more years.”
Job 28:25
“When He gave weight and pressure to the wind
And allotted the waters by measure,
“When He gave weight and pressure to the wind
And allotted the waters by measure,
Job 36:27
“For He draws up the drops of water,
They distill rain from the mist,
“For He draws up the drops of water,
They distill rain from the mist,
Job 37:11
“He loads the thick cloud with moisture;
He disperses the cloud of His lightning.
“He loads the thick cloud with moisture;
He disperses the cloud of His lightning.
Amos 4:7
“Furthermore, I withheld the rain from you
When there were still three months until the harvest.
Then I would send rain on one city,
And on another city I would not send rain;
One piece of ground was rained on,
While the part not rained on would dry up.
“Furthermore, I withheld the rain from you
When there were still three months until the harvest.
Then I would send rain on one city,
And on another city I would not send rain;
One piece of ground was rained on,
While the part not rained on would dry up.
Forty days
Genesis 7:12
It rained on the earth for forty days and forty nights.
And every
Genesis 7:21
All living beings that moved on the earth perished—birds and cattle (domestic animals), [wild] animals, all things that swarm and crawl on the earth, and all mankind.
Genesis 6:17
For behold, I, even I, will bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all life under the heavens in which there is the breath and spirit of life; everything that is on the land shall die.
General references
Genesis 7:17
The flood [the great downpour of rain] was forty days and nights on the earth; and the waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it floated [high] above the land.