Genesis 7:10
And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
KJV
Cumque transissent septem dies, aquæ diluvii inundaverunt super terram.
Vulgate
Καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ τὰς ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ ἐγένετο ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
LXX
And it came to pass after the seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
ASV
וַֽ/יְהִ֖י לְ/שִׁבְעַ֣ת הַ/יָּמִ֑ים וּ/מֵ֣י הַ/מַּבּ֔וּל הָי֖וּ עַל הָ/אָֽרֶץ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
מַּבּֽוּל
mbvl
noun · 13×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שִׁבְעַ֥ת
shb't
adjective · 393×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Chapter 14.—That the Years in Those Ancient Times Were of the Same Length as Our Own. Let us now see how it can be plainly made out that in the enormously protracted lives of those men the years were not so short that ten of their years were equal to only one of ours, but were of as great length as our own, which are measured by the course of the sun. It is proved by this, that…
Cross-references
- 2Pet 3:6 — Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
- Gen 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.
- Gen 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.
- Gen 8:10 — And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
- Luke 17:27 — They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.