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Genesis 7:17

15 They came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two of every creature with the breath of life.

16 And they entered, the male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.

For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.

18 So the waters continued to surge and rise greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.

19 Finally, the waters completely inundated the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.

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BSB
For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.
KJV
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.
WEB
The flood was forty days on the earth. The waters increased, and lifted up the ship, and it was lifted up above the earth.
ASV
And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.
DARBY
And the flood was forty days on the earth. And the waters increased, and bore up the ark; and it was lifted up above the earth.
BLB
And the flood kept coming forty days on the earth, and the waters multiplied, and they lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.
ÅB
Da kom vannflommen strømmende over jorden i førti dager, og vannet vokste og løftet arken, og den ble hevet over jorden.
OTB
I førti dager kom flommen over jorden, og etter hvert som vannet steg, løftet de arken høyt over jorden.
B1930
Da kom vannflommen strømmende over jorden i firti dager, og vannet vokste og løftet arken, og den blev hevet over jorden.

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  • Genesis 7:4

    For 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.”

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  • Genesis 7:12

    And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.

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