17And 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.
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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.
And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-20)We are here told, I. How long the flood was increasing— forty days , Gen. 7:17. The profane world, who believed not that it would come, probably when it came flattered themselves with hopes that it would soon abate and never come to extremity; but still it increased, it prevailed. Note, 1. When God judges he will overcome. If he begin, he will make an end; his way is perfect, both in judgment and…
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