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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/genesis/7.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/genesis/7.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/7.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The rain continued to fall for forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/7.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And the rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then the rain came upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />It rained on the earth for forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />and the rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />and the rain fell on the earth 40 days and 40 nights. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />and rain came pouring down on the earth for 40 days and 40 nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />and rain fell on the earth for forty days and nights. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />and it rained throughout the earth for 40 days and 40 nights. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />And the rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />It rained on the earth forty days and forty nights. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and the shower is on the earth [for] forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and the shower is on the earth forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the rain shall be upon the earth forty days and forty nights.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And rain came upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For forty days and forty nights heavy rain poured down on the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And there was rain on the Earth forty days and forty nights.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/7-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=1537" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/7.htm">The Floodwaters Arrive</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened. <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1653.htm" title="1653: hag·ge·šem (Art:: N-ms) -- Rain, shower. From gasham; a shower.">And the rain</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: way·hî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">fell</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">upon</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the earth</a> <a href="/hebrew/705.htm" title="705: ’ar·bā·‘îm (Number-cp) -- Forty. Multiple of arba'; forty.">for forty</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yō·wm (N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">days</a> <a href="/hebrew/705.htm" title="705: wə·’ar·bā·‘îm (Conj-w:: Number-cp) -- Forty. Multiple of arba'; forty.">and forty</a> <a href="/hebrew/3915.htm" title="3915: lā·yə·lāh (N-ms) -- Night. Or leyl; also laylah; from the same as luwl; properly, a twist, i.e. Night; figuratively, adversity.">nights.</a> </span><span class="reftext">13</span>On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons—…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-37.htm">Matthew 24:37-39</a></span><br />As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. / For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. / And they were oblivious until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/17-26.htm">Luke 17:26-27</a></span><br />Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man: / People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-7.htm">Hebrews 11:7</a></span><br />By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/3-20.htm">1 Peter 3:20</a></span><br />who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-5.htm">2 Peter 2:5</a></span><br />if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/3-6.htm">2 Peter 3:6</a></span><br />through which the world of that time perished in the flood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/6-17.htm">Genesis 6:17</a></span><br />And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/8-2.htm">Genesis 8:2</a></span><br />The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/9-11.htm">Genesis 9:11</a></span><br />And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/37-11.htm">Job 37:11-13</a></span><br />He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them. / They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth. / Whether for punishment or for His land, He accomplishes this in His loving devotion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/29-10.htm">Psalm 29:10</a></span><br />The LORD sits enthroned over the flood; the LORD is enthroned as King forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-9.htm">Isaiah 54:9</a></span><br />“For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/13-11.htm">Ezekiel 13:11-13</a></span><br />tell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth. / Surely when the wall has fallen, you will not be asked, ‘Where is the whitewash with which you covered it?’ / Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: In My wrath I will release a windstorm, and in My anger torrents of rain and hail will fall with destructive fury.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/9-6.htm">Amos 9:6</a></span><br />He builds His upper rooms in the heavens and founds His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth. The LORD is His name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-25.htm">Matthew 7:25</a></span><br />The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.</p><p class="hdg">forty.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/7-4.htm">Genesis 7:4,17</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/24-18.htm">Exodus 24:18</a></b></br> And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/9-9.htm">Deuteronomy 9:9,18</a></b></br> When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, <i>even</i> the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/7-10.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/genesis/4-5.htm">Fell</a> <a href="/genesis/7-4.htm">Forty</a> <a href="/genesis/7-4.htm">Nights</a> <a href="/revelation/16-12.htm">Pour</a> <a href="/genesis/7-4.htm">Rain</a> <a href="/luke/12-54.htm">Shower</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/7-14.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/genesis/14-10.htm">Fell</a> <a href="/genesis/7-17.htm">Forty</a> <a href="/exodus/24-18.htm">Nights</a> <a href="/genesis/8-2.htm">Pour</a> <a href="/genesis/8-2.htm">Rain</a> <a href="/genesis/8-2.htm">Shower</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 7</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/7-1.htm">Noah, his family and the living creatures enter the ark.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/7-6.htm">The flood begins.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/7-17.htm">The increase of the flood for forty days.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/7-21.htm">All flesh is destroyed by it.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/7-24.htm">Its duration of 150 days.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/7.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/7.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>And the rain fell upon the earth</b><br>This phrase marks the beginning of the Flood, a pivotal event in biblical history. The rain signifies God's judgment on a corrupt world, fulfilling His warning to Noah. The earth, in this context, refers to the entire inhabited world, emphasizing the universality of the Flood. This event is often compared to the final judgment in eschatological teachings, where God's justice will again be executed globally. The rain also symbolizes cleansing and renewal, themes that recur throughout Scripture, such as in the purification rituals of the Old Testament and the concept of baptism in the New Testament.<p><b>for forty days and forty nights.</b><br>The duration of forty days and nights is significant in biblical numerology, often representing periods of testing, trial, and judgment. This time frame is echoed in other biblical narratives, such as Moses on Mount Sinai (<a href="/exodus/24-18.htm">Exodus 24:18</a>), Elijah's journey to Horeb (<a href="/1_kings/19-8.htm">1 Kings 19:8</a>), and Jesus' temptation in the wilderness (<a href="/matthew/4-2.htm">Matthew 4:2</a>). The repetition of "forty" underscores the completeness and sufficiency of God's judgment. In the context of the Flood, it indicates a thorough purging of the earth, preparing it for a new beginning. This period also foreshadows the redemptive work of Christ, who endured trials and ultimately brought salvation and renewal to humanity.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/n/noah.htm">Noah</a></b><br>A righteous man chosen by God to build the ark and preserve life during the flood.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_ark.htm">The Ark</a></b><br>A large vessel constructed by Noah under God's instructions to save his family and pairs of every living creature.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_flood.htm">The Flood</a></b><br>A divine judgment sent by God to cleanse the earth of its wickedness, characterized by forty days and nights of rain.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign Creator who judges the earth's wickedness but also provides a means of salvation through Noah.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_earth.htm">The Earth</a></b><br>The entire world, which was covered by the floodwaters as a result of God's judgment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty and Judgment</a></b><br>The flood demonstrates God's authority over creation and His right to judge sin. It serves as a reminder of the seriousness of sin and the reality of divine judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_and_faith.htm">Obedience and Faith</a></b><br>Noah's obedience in building the ark despite the lack of immediate evidence of rain exemplifies faith in action. Believers are called to trust and obey God's instructions, even when they don't fully understand His plans.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_and_salvation.htm">God's Provision and Salvation</a></b><br>The ark symbolizes God's provision for salvation amidst judgment. Just as Noah and his family were saved through the ark, believers find salvation through Jesus Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_forty.htm">The Significance of Forty</a></b><br>The number forty often signifies a period of testing or judgment in the Bible. This invites reflection on personal times of testing and the growth that can result from them.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 7</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/day_35_insights_on_spiritual_growth.htm">What insights does Day 35 offer on spiritual growth?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_sola_and_solo_scriptura_differ.htm">What was the duration of Noah's time on the ark?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_global_flood_evidence.htm">What evidence is there for a global flood in the geological or archaeological record (Genesis 7)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_lent_mean_in_christianity.htm">What does Lent signify in Christianity?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/7-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And the rain</span><br /><span class="heb">הַגֶּ֖שֶׁם</span> <span class="translit">(hag·ge·šem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1653.htm">Strong's 1653: </a> </span><span class="str2">Rain, shower</span><br /><br /><span class="word">fell</span><br /><span class="heb">וַֽיְהִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(way·hî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">upon</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the earth</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָ֑רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">forty</span><br /><span class="heb">אַרְבָּעִ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ar·bā·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_705.htm">Strong's 705: </a> </span><span class="str2">Forty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">days</span><br /><span class="heb">י֔וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and forty</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאַרְבָּעִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ar·bā·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_705.htm">Strong's 705: </a> </span><span class="str2">Forty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">nights.</span><br /><span class="heb">לָֽיְלָה׃</span> <span class="translit">(lā·yə·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3915.htm">Strong's 3915: </a> </span><span class="str2">A twist, night, adversity</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/7-12.htm">Genesis 7:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/7-12.htm">Genesis 7:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/7-12.htm">Genesis 7:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/7-12.htm">Genesis 7:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/7-12.htm">Genesis 7:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/7-12.htm">Genesis 7:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/7-12.htm">Genesis 7:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/7-12.htm">Genesis 7:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/7-12.htm">Genesis 7:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/7-12.htm">Genesis 7:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/7-12.htm">OT Law: Genesis 7:12 The rain was on the earth forty (Gen. 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