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Genesis 7:4

2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.

3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

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.

5 And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.

6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.

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BSB
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.”
KJV
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.
WEB
In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. I will destroy every living thing that I have made from the surface of the ground.”
ASV
For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living thing that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the ground.
DARBY
For in yet seven days I will cause it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living being which I have made will I destroy from the ground.
BLB
For after seven more days I am sending rain upon the earth [for] forty days and forty nights; I will wipe out every living thing that I have made from the face of the ground!”
ÅB
For om syv dager vil jeg la det regne på jorden i førti dager og førti netter, og jeg vil utrydde av jorden alt levende som jeg har skapt.
OTB
For om syv dager vil jeg sende regn over jorden i førti dager og førti netter, og jeg vil utslette fra jordens overflate alt levende som jeg har skapt.”
B1930
For om syv dager vil jeg la det regne på jorden i firti dager og firti netter, og jeg vil utrydde av jorden alt levende som jeg har skapt.

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  • Genesis 6:13

    And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

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  • Genesis 7:17

    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.

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  • Genesis 7:12

    And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

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  • 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.

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  • Genesis 6:7

    And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

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  • Psalms 69:28

    Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

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  • Job 28:25

    To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.

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  • Job 22:16

    Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:

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