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The Great Flood

Genesis 7:10

In 11 translations

BSB
And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth.
KJV
And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.after…: or, on the seventh day
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.
LSV
And it comes to pass, after seven days, that waters of the flood have been on the earth.
YLT
And it cometh to pass, after the seventh of the days, that waters of the deluge have been on the earth.
DBY
And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were on the earth.
DRC
And after the seven days were passed, the waters of the flood overflowed the earth.
GNV
And so after seuen dayes the waters of the flood were vpon the earth.
JPS
And it came to pass after the seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
LXXE
And it came to pass after the seven days that the water of the flood came upon the earth.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַֽיְהִ֖י לְשִׁבְעַ֣ת הַיָּמִ֑ים וּמֵ֣י הַמַּבּ֔וּל הָי֖וּ עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ τὰς ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας, καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ ἐγένετο ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

Who and where

◆ The Great Flood begins◆ The Great Flood

People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Part of

  • Noah and the Flood God sees violence filling the earth and decides to destroy it; righteous Noah, his household and animals survive in the ark while all life o…

Cross-references most cited first

  • Luke 17:27People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
  • Genesis 6:17And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.
  • Genesis 7:4For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”
  • Matthew 24:38–39For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. And they were oblivious, until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it…
  • Genesis 7:17–20For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth. So the waters continued to surge and rise greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the…
  • Job 22:16They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.

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