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Genesis 7:16-18
New English Translation
Genesis 7:16-18
New English Translation
16 Those that entered were male and female,[a] just as God commanded him. Then the Lord shut him in.
17 The flood engulfed the earth for forty days. As the waters increased, they lifted the ark and raised it above the earth. 18 The waters completely overwhelmed[b] the earth, and the ark floated[c] on the surface of the waters.
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- Genesis 7:16 tn Heb “Those that went in, male and female from all flesh they went in.”
- Genesis 7:18 tn Heb “and the waters were great and multiplied exceedingly.” The first verb in the sequence is וַיִּגְבְּרוּ (vayyigberu, from גָּבַר, gavar), meaning “to become great, mighty.” The waters did not merely rise; they “prevailed” over the earth, overwhelming it.
- Genesis 7:18 tn Heb “went.”
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