Genesis 7:12
“And the raine was vpon the earth, fortie dayes, and fortie nights.”
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Genesis 7:12 Context
10And it came to passe after seuen dayes, that the waters of the Flood were vpon the earth. 11¶ In the sixe hundredth yeere of Noahs life, in the second moneth, the seuenteenth day of the moneth, the same day, were al the fountaines of the great deepe broken vp, and the windowes of heauen were opened. 12And the raine was vpon the earth, fortie dayes, and fortie nights. 13In the selfe same day entred Noah, and Sem, and Ham, and Iapheth, the sonnes of Noah, and Noahs wife, and the three wiues of his sonnes with them, into the Arke, 14They, and euery beast after his kinde, & all the cattell after their kinde: and euery creeping thing that creepeth vpon the earth after his kinde, and euery foule after his kinde, euery birde of euery sort.
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Other Translations for Genesis 7:12
And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
- King James Version
The rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And rain came down on the earth for forty days and forty nights.
- Basic English Bible
And the pour of rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.
- Darby Bible
And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
- Webster's Bible
The rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.
- World English Bible
and the shower is on the earth forty days and forty nights.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Genesis 7:12
7:12 It rained without intermission or abatement, forty days and forty nights - And that upon the whole earth at once.