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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Genesis 7:17 Catholic Bible: The flood continued for forty days, and the water became deep enough for the boat to float. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/genesis/7-17.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/genesis/7-17.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/genesis/7-17.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/genesis/1.htm">Genesis</a> > <a href="/gntd/genesis/7.htm">Chapter 7</a> > Verse 17</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../genesis/7-16.htm" title="Genesis 7:16">◄</a> Genesis 7:17 <a href="../genesis/7-18.htm" title="Genesis 7:18">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/genesis/7.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/genesis/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The flood continued for forty days, and the water became deep enough for the boat to float. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The flood continued forty days on the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The flood continued upon the earth for forty days. As the waters increased, they lifted the ark, so that it rose above the earth.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/genesis/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the flood was forty days upon the earth: and the waters increased, and lifted up the ark on high from the earth.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">And the flood was forty days upon the earth: and the waters increased, and lifted up the ark on high from the earth.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../genesis/7-4.htm">Genesis 7:4,12</a> For yet a while, and after seven days, I will rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights: and I will destroy every substance that I have made, from the face of the earth. . . . </p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/genesis/7.htm">The Duration of the Flood</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">17</span><span class="highl">And the flood was forty days upon the earth: and the waters increased, and lifted up the ark on high from the earth.</span><span class="reftext">18</span>For they overflowed exceedingly: and filled all on the face of the earth: and the ark was carried upon the waters.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../genesis/7-4.htm">Genesis 7:4</a></span><br />For yet a while, and after seven days, I will rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights: and I will destroy every substance that I have made, from the face of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../genesis/7-12.htm">Genesis 7:12</a></span><br />And the rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../genesis/7-16.htm">Genesis 7:16</a></span><br />And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in on the outside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../genesis/7-18.htm">Genesis 7:18</a></span><br />For they overflowed exceedingly: and filled all on the face of the earth: and the ark was carried upon the waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/7-16.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/genesis/6-4.htm">Bare</a> <a href="/genesis/6-4.htm">Bore</a> <a href="/1_john/2-19.htm">Continued</a> <a href="/genesis/7-10.htm">Deluge</a> <a href="/genesis/7-14.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/genesis/7-10.htm">Flood</a> <a href="/genesis/7-12.htm">Forty</a> <a href="/genesis/6-16.htm">High</a> <a href="/genesis/1-22.htm">Increased</a> <a href="/genesis/6-20.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/genesis/4-7.htm">Lifted</a> <a href="/genesis/6-1.htm">Multiply</a> <a href="/revelation/10-5.htm">Raised</a> <a href="/genesis/4-8.htm">Rose</a> <a href="/genesis/7-15.htm">Ship</a> <a href="/genesis/7-10.htm">Water</a> <a href="/genesis/7-10.htm">Waters</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/7-18.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/genesis/16-1.htm">Bare</a> <a href="/genesis/16-1.htm">Bore</a> <a href="/genesis/8-5.htm">Continued</a> <a href="/genesis/9-11.htm">Deluge</a> <a href="/genesis/7-18.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/genesis/9-11.htm">Flood</a> <a href="/genesis/8-6.htm">Forty</a> <a href="/genesis/7-19.htm">High</a> <a href="/genesis/7-18.htm">Increased</a> <a href="/genesis/8-1.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/genesis/14-22.htm">Lifted</a> <a href="/genesis/7-18.htm">Multiply</a> <a href="/genesis/14-22.htm">Raised</a> <a href="/genesis/7-18.htm">Rose</a> <a href="/genesis/7-18.htm">Ship</a> <a href="/genesis/7-18.htm">Water</a> <a href="/genesis/7-18.htm">Waters</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/7-17.htm">Genesis 7:17 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/7-17.htm">Genesis 7:17 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/7-17.htm">Genesis 7:17 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/7-17.htm">Genesis 7:17 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/7-17.htm">Genesis 7:17 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/7-17.htm">Genesis 7:17 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/7-17.htm">Genesis 7:17 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/7-17.htm">Genesis 7:17 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/genesis/7-17.htm">Genesis 7:17 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: above and ark as came coming days earth flood For forty high increased it kept lifted on rose so that the Then they up upon water waters<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/genesis/7-17.htm">OT Law: Genesis 7:17 The flood was forty days (Gen. 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