Genesis 7:10
And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
Genesis 7:10 in other translations
| BSB | And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth. |
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| WEB | After the seven days, the floodwaters came on the earth. |
| ASV | And it came to pass after the seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. |
| YLT | And it cometh to pass, after the seventh of the days, that waters of the deluge have been on the earth. |
| DARBY | And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were on the earth. |
| BBE | And after the seven days, the waters came over all the earth. |
| Webster | And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. |
What does Genesis 7:10 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 7:1-12
The call to Noah is very kind, like that of a tender father to his children to come in-doors when he sees night or a storm coming. Noah did not go into the ark till God bade him, though he knew it was to be his place of refuge. It is very comfortable to see God going before us in every step we take. Noah had taken a great deal of pains to build the ark, and now he was himself kept alive in it. What we do in…
Genesis 7:10 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 7:10
- Genesis 6:17
And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
- Luke 17:27
They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
- Genesis 7:4
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.
- Job 22:16
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
- Genesis 7:17-20
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. And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
- Matthew 24:38-39
For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
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Context
- Genesis 7:9
There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
- Genesis 7:10
And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
- Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Genesis 7:10 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y sucedió que al séptimo día las aguas del diluvio fueron sobre la tierra. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il arriva, au bout de sept jours, que les eaux du déluge furent sur la terre. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und es geschah nach sieben Tagen, da kamen die Wasser der Flut über die Erde. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Cumque transissent septem dies, aquæ diluvii inundaverunt super terram. |