Genesis 7:11
Genesis · Old Testament · Chapter 7
“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 7:11
What Does Genesis 7:11 Mean?
Genesis 7:11 is found in the book of Genesis, chapter 7, verse 11 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Genesis 7:11 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Malachi 3:10“Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.”Genesis 8:2“The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;”2 Kings 7:2“Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.”Proverbs 3:20“By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.”Psalms 46:2“Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;”Psalms 78:23“Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,”Proverbs 8:28“When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:”Isaiah 24:18“And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.”Amos 9:5“And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.”Genesis 1:6“And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”Genesis 8:13“And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.”2 Kings 7:19“And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.”Job 22:16“Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:”Jeremiah 5:22“Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?”Jeremiah 51:16“When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.”Genesis 1:7“And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.”Job 38:8“Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?”Psalms 33:7“He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.”Ezekiel 26:19“For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee;”Amos 5:8“Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:”
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