Genesis 7:4

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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

Genesis 7:12

And every

Genesis 7:21

Genesis 6:17

General references

Genesis 7:17

Bible References

For

And it came to pass after the seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.

And no plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up, for LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth. And there was not a man to till the ground,

And LORD said, My spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he also is flesh. Yet shall his days be a hundred and twenty years.

And he stayed yet another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.

Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give thee the other also for the service which thou shall serve with me yet seven other years.

to make a weight for the wind. Yea, he distributes the waters by measure.

For he draws up the drops of water, which distil in rain from his vapor,

Yea, he loads the thick cloud with moisture. He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning,

And I also have withheld the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest. And I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city. One piece was rained upon, and the piece upon which it

Forty days

And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

And every

And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, from birds, to cattle, to beasts, and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth, and every man.

And I, behold, I bring the flood of waters upon this earth, to destroy all flesh, in which is the breath of life, from under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die.

General references

And the flood was forty days upon the earth. And the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.