And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
Parallel translations
- WEB After the seven days, the floodwaters came on the earth.
- BSB And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth.
- NKJV And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were on the earth.
- NASB Now it came about after the seven days, that the waters of the flood came upon the earth.
- NLT After seven days, the waters of the flood came and covered the earth.
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Quick answer
After the seven days, the floodwaters came upon the earth. God's announced judgment arrives exactly as promised.
Overview
The flood begins precisely when God said it would, confirming his faithfulness to his word, whether in salvation or judgment. The brief seven-day delay had been a final mercy now ended. This exact fulfillment warns that God's announced judgments are certain and calls all people to seek refuge while there is time.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Gen 6:17And, 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 17:27They 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.
- Gen 7:4For 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.
- Matt 24:38–39For 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,
- Job 22:16Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
- Gen 7:17–20And 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.
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