Genesis 7:17
Genesis · Old Testament · Chapter 7
“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.”Genesis 7:17
What Does Genesis 7:17 Mean?
Genesis 7:17 is found in the book of Genesis, chapter 7, verse 17 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 10 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (10)
These passages are connected to Genesis 7:17 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.”Job 22:16“Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:”1 Peter 3:20“Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.”Genesis 7:12“And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.”Psalms 32:6“For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.”Psalms 69:2“I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.”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.”Genesis 7:10“And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.”Genesis 8:4“And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.”Job 36:31“For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.”
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