20Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.
Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
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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