18And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
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And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
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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