Genesis 7:12
Genesis · Old Testament · Chapter 7
“And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.”Genesis 7:12
What Does Genesis 7:12 Mean?
Genesis 7:12 is found in the book of Genesis, chapter 7, verse 12 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 8 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (8)
These passages are connected to Genesis 7:12 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Genesis 7:4“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.”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.”Matthew 4:2“And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.”Exodus 24:18“And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.”Deuteronomy 9:9“When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:”Deuteronomy 9:18“And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.”Deuteronomy 10:10“And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, and the LORD would not destroy thee.”1 Kings 19:8“And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.”
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