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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
And every
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Bible References
For
Genesis 7:10
Seven days later, the flooding started.
Genesis 2:5
no shrubs had yet grown in the meadows of the earth and no vegetation had sprouted, because the LORD God had not sent rain on the earth and there were no human beings to work the ground.
Genesis 6:3
So the LORD said, "My Spirit won't remain with human beings forever, because they're truly mortal. Their lifespan will be 120 years."
Genesis 8:10
Noah waited another seven days and sent the dove out from the ark again.
Genesis 29:27
Fulfill the week for this daughter, then we'll give you the other one in exchange for serving me another seven years."
Job 28:25
"He imparted weight to the wind; he regulated water by his measurement.
Job 36:27
He draws up drops of water, distilling it to rain and mist.
Job 37:11
He also loads the clouds with moisture, scattering his lightning with the clouds.
Amos 4:7
"I therefore have withheld the rain from you three months before the harvest, causing rain to come upon one city, but not upon another, and upon one field but not upon another, so that it would wither.
Forty days
Genesis 7:12
and it rained throughout the earth for 40 days and 40 nights.
And every
Genesis 7:21
Every living thing on earth died flying creatures, livestock, wildlife, all creatures that swarm over the earth, and all human beings.
Genesis 6:17
"For my part, I'm about to flood the earth with water and destroy every living thing that breathes. Everything on earth will die.
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Genesis 7:17
The flood continued throughout the earth for 40 days, while the flood waters increased, lifting the ark so that it rose above the surface of the earth.