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windows of the heavens were opened. <a href="/bsb/genesis/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/genesis/7.htm">King James Bible</a> In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. <a href="/nkjv/genesis/7.htm">New King James Version</a> In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. <a href="/nasb_/genesis/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened. <a href="/nasb/genesis/7.htm">NASB 1995</a> In the six hundredth year of Noah&#8217s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened. <a href="/nasb77/genesis/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a> In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened. <a href="/lsb/genesis/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on this day all the fountains of the great deep split open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened. <a href="/amp/genesis/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a> In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, on that same day all the fountains of the great deep [subterranean waters] burst open, and the windows and floodgates of the heavens were opened. <a href="/csb/genesis/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the sources of the vast watery depths burst open, the floodgates of the sky were opened, <a href="/hcsb/genesis/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> In the six hundredth year of Noah&#8217s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the sources of the watery depths burst open, the floodgates of the sky were opened, <a href="/asv/genesis/7.htm">American Standard Version</a> In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. <a href="/erv/genesis/7.htm">English Revised Version</a> In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. <a href="/gwt/genesis/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> On the seventeenth day of the second month of the six hundredth year of Noah's life, all the deep springs burst open. The sky opened, <a href="/gnt/genesis/7.htm">Good News Translation</a> When Noah was six hundred years old, on the seventeenth day of the second month all the outlets of the vast body of water beneath the earth burst open, all the floodgates of the sky were opened, <a href="/isv/genesis/7.htm">International Standard Version</a> On the seventeenth day of the second month, when Noah was 600 years old, all the springs of the great deep burst open, the floodgates of the heavens were opened, <a href="/msb/genesis/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/genesis/7.htm">NET Bible</a> In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month--on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open and the floodgates of the heavens were opened. <a href="/nheb/genesis/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep were burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened. <a href="/wbt/genesis/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. <a href="/web/genesis/7.htm">World English Bible</a> In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the sky’s windows opened. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/genesis/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on this day all [the] fountains of the great deep have been broken up, and the network of the heavens has been opened, <a href="/ylt/genesis/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, in this day have been broken up all fountains of the great deep, and the net-work of the heavens hath been opened, <a href="/slt/genesis/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> In the year of six hundred years of Noah's life, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, in the same day all the fountains of the great deep were divided and the sluices of the heavens were opened.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/genesis/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> In the six hundreth year of the life of Noe in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the flood gates of heaven were open: <a href="/cpdv/genesis/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great abyss were released, and the floodgates of heaven were opened. <a href="/nabre/genesis/7.htm">New American Bible</a> In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month: on that day All the fountains of the great abyss burst forth, and the floodgates of the sky were opened. <a href="/nrsvce/genesis/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/genesis/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that very day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth and the windows of heaven were opened. <a href="/hpbt/genesis/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> In the six hundredth year of the years of the life of Noah, in the second month, in the seventeenth in the month, in it in this day, all springs of the great depths exploded, and the floodgates of Heaven were opened.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/genesis/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. <a href="/sep/genesis/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> In the six hundredth year of the life of Noe, in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, on this day all the fountains of the abyss were broken up, and the flood-gates of heaven were opened. <a href="/parallel/genesis/7-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=1525" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/genesis/7.htm">The Floodwaters Arrive</a> 10And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth. 11<a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: biš·naṯ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">In</a> <a href="/hebrew/8337.htm" title="8337: šêš- (Number-fsc) -- Masculine shishshah; a primitive number; six (see suws) beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. Sixth.">the six</a> <a href="/hebrew/3967.htm" title="3967: mê·’ō·wṯ (Number-fp) -- Hundred. Or metyah; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction.">hundredth</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nāh (N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">year</a> <a href="/hebrew/5146.htm" title="5146: nō·aḥ (N-proper-ms) -- Rest, patriarch who survived the flood. The same as nuwach; rest; Noach, the patriarch of the flood.">of Noah’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="2416: lə·ḥay·yê- (Prep-l:: N-mpc) -- Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life. From chayah; alive; hence, raw; fresh, strong; also life, whether literally or figuratively.">life,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: bə·šiḇ·‘āh- (Prep-b:: Number-ms) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number.">on the seventeenth</a> <a href="/hebrew/6240.htm" title="6240: ‘ā·śār (Number-ms) -- Ten. For eser; ten, i.e. -teen; also -teenth."></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.">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/2320.htm" title="2320: la·ḥō·ḏeš (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- New moon, a month. From chadash; the new moon; by implication, a month."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8145.htm" title="8145: haš·šê·nî (Art:: Number-oms) -- Second (an ord. number). From shanah; properly, double, i.e. Second; also adverbially, again.">of the second</a> <a href="/hebrew/2320.htm" title="2320: ba·ḥō·ḏeš (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- New moon, a month. From chadash; the new moon; by implication, a month.">month,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bay·yō·wm (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/4599.htm" title="4599: ma‘·yə·nōṯ (N-mpc) -- A spring. Or ma ynow; or ma yanah; from ayin; a fountain, figuratively, a source.">the fountains</a> <a href="/hebrew/7227.htm" title="7227: rab·bāh (Adj-fs) -- Much, many, great. By contracted from rabab; abundant.">of the great</a> <a href="/hebrew/8415.htm" title="8415: tə·hō·wm (N-cs) -- Deep, sea, abyss. Or thom; from huwm; an abyss, especially the deep.">deep</a> <a href="/hebrew/1234.htm" title="1234: niḇ·qə·‘ū (V-Nifal-Perf-3cp) -- To cleave, break open or through. A primitive root; to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open.">burst forth,</a> <a href="/hebrew/699.htm" title="699: wa·’ă·rub·bōṯ (Conj-w:: N-fpc) -- A lattice, window, sluice. Feminine participle passive of 'arab; a lattice; a window, dove-cot, chimney, sluice.">and the floodgates</a> <a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: haš·šā·ma·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky.">of the heavens</a> <a href="/hebrew/6605.htm" title="6605: nip̄·tā·ḥū (V-Nifal-Perf-3cp) -- To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve. A primitive root; to open wide; specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve.">were opened.</a> 12And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/genesis/6-17.htm">Genesis 6:17</a> 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. <a href="/genesis/8-2.htm">Genesis 8:2</a> The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained. <a href="/job/12-15.htm">Job 12:15</a> If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land. <a href="/psalms/104-6.htm">Psalm 104:6-9</a> You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. / At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away— / the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them— ... <a href="/isaiah/54-9.htm">Isaiah 54:9</a> “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. <a href="/ezekiel/26-19.htm">Ezekiel 26:19</a> For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I make you a desolate city like other deserted cities, and when I raise up the deep against you so that the mighty waters cover you, <a href="/matthew/24-38.htm">Matthew 24:38-39</a> 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. <a href="/luke/17-26.htm">Luke 17:26-27</a> 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. <a href="/hebrews/11-7.htm">Hebrews 11:7</a> 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. <a href="/1_peter/3-20.htm">1 Peter 3:20</a> 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. <a href="/2_peter/2-5.htm">2 Peter 2:5</a> 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; <a href="/2_peter/3-6.htm">2 Peter 3:6</a> through which the world of that time perished in the flood. <a href="/revelation/12-15.htm">Revelation 12:15-16</a> Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent. / But the earth helped the woman and opened its mouth to swallow up the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth. <a href="/genesis/9-11.htm">Genesis 9:11</a> 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.” <a href="/genesis/9-15.htm">Genesis 9:15</a> I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.second month.all.<a href="/genesis/1-7.htm">Genesis 1:7</a> And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.<a href="/genesis/6-17.htm">Genesis 6:17</a> And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.<a href="/genesis/8-2.htm">Genesis 8:2</a> The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;windows.<a href="/genesis/1-7.htm">Genesis 1:7</a> And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.<a href="/genesis/8-2.htm">Genesis 8:2</a> The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;<a href="/2_kings/7-2.htm">2 Kings 7:2,19</a> Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/revelation/2-27.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/acts/27-14.htm">Burst</a> <a href="/genesis/2-21.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-18.htm">Floodgates</a> <a href="/revelation/16-4.htm">Fountains</a> <a href="/genesis/6-17.htm">Great</a> <a href="/genesis/6-17.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-11.htm">Hundredth</a> <a href="/genesis/6-17.htm">Life</a> <a href="/revelation/22-2.htm">Month</a> <a href="/genesis/10-32.htm">Noah's</a> <a href="/genesis/4-11.htm">Open</a> <a href="/genesis/4-11.htm">Opened</a> <a href="/genesis/6-16.htm">Second</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/25-24.htm">Seventeenth</a> <a href="/genesis/7-6.htm">Six</a> <a href="/genesis/7-3.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/genesis/8-2.htm">Sky's</a> <a href="/malachi/3-10.htm">Windows</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/8-11.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/genesis/27-34.htm">Burst</a> <a href="/genesis/7-20.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/genesis/8-2.htm">Floodgates</a> <a href="/genesis/8-2.htm">Fountains</a> <a href="/genesis/9-7.htm">Great</a> <a href="/genesis/7-19.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/genesis/8-13.htm">Hundredth</a> <a href="/genesis/7-15.htm">Life</a> <a href="/genesis/8-4.htm">Month</a> <a href="/genesis/7-13.htm">Noah's</a> <a href="/genesis/8-6.htm">Open</a> <a href="/genesis/8-6.htm">Opened</a> <a href="/genesis/8-14.htm">Second</a> <a href="/genesis/8-4.htm">Seventeenth</a> <a href="/genesis/8-13.htm">Six</a> <a href="/genesis/7-19.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/genesis/8-2.htm">Sky's</a> <a href="/genesis/8-2.htm">Windows</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 7</div>1. <a href="/genesis/7-1.htm">Noah, his family and the living creatures enter the ark.</a> 6. <a href="/genesis/7-6.htm">The flood begins.</a> 17. <a href="/genesis/7-17.htm">The increase of the flood for forty days.</a> 21. <a href="/genesis/7-21.htm">All flesh is destroyed by it.</a> 24. <a href="/genesis/7-24.htm">Its duration of 150 days.</a> </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>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <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> </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>In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life This phrase situates the event within a specific timeframe, emphasizing the longevity of pre-flood generations. Noah's age reflects the antediluvian period's extended lifespans, which are documented in <a href="/genesis/5.htm">Genesis 5</a>. This longevity is often interpreted as a sign of the pristine conditions of the early earth and humanity's initial state of grace before the fall and subsequent corruption.on the seventeenth day of the second month The specificity of the date underscores the historical nature of the flood narrative. The Hebrew calendar, which is lunar-based, places this event in the spring, a time often associated with new beginnings. This timing may symbolize a new beginning for creation post-flood. The precision of the date also serves to highlight the importance of the event in biblical history.all the fountains of the great deep burst forth This phrase suggests a cataclysmic event involving subterranean waters. The "fountains of the great deep" may refer to vast underground water reserves, which, when released, contributed to the floodwaters. This aligns with ancient Near Eastern cosmology, which often depicted the earth as resting on waters. The bursting forth signifies a divine intervention, as God uses creation itself to execute judgment.and the floodgates of the heavens were opened This imagery of the heavens opening complements the bursting of the deep, indicating a deluge from above and below. The "floodgates" suggest a controlled release of water, emphasizing God's sovereignty over creation. This dual source of water highlights the totality of the flood's impact. The opening of the heavens can also be seen as a reversal of the separation of waters in <a href="/genesis/1.htm">Genesis 1</a>, symbolizing a return to chaos as a result of human sin. The flood narrative as a whole prefigures baptism, where water signifies both judgment and purification. It also foreshadows the eschatological judgment, as referenced in <a href="/2_peter/3-6.htm">2 Peter 3:6-7</a>, where the world is reserved for fire. Noah's deliverance through the flood is a type of Christ, who provides salvation from judgment for those who are in Him.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/n/noah.htm">Noah</a> A righteous man chosen by God to survive the flood and preserve human and animal life. His obedience and faith are central to this account. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_great_deep.htm">The Great Deep</a> Refers to the subterranean waters that burst forth, contributing to the flood. This emphasizes the cataclysmic nature of the event. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_floodgates_of_the_heavens.htm">The Floodgates of the Heavens</a> Symbolizes the opening of the skies, allowing rain to pour down, which, combined with the waters from the deep, caused the flood. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_flood.htm">The Flood</a> A divine judgment on a corrupt world, sparing only Noah, his family, and the animals on the ark. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_ark.htm">The Ark</a> The vessel built by Noah under God's instructions to save his family and pairs of every kind of animal.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty and Judgment</a> The flood demonstrates God's control over creation and His righteous judgment against sin. <a href="/topical/o/obedience_and_faith.htm">Obedience and Faith</a> Noah's life exemplifies the importance of obedience to God's commands, even when they seem incomprehensible. <a href="/topical/p/preparedness_for_god's_timing.htm">Preparedness for God's Timing</a> Just as Noah prepared for the flood, believers are called to be ready for Christ's return. <a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_divine_judgment.htm">The Reality of Divine Judgment</a> The flood serves as a historical reminder of the seriousness of sin and the reality of divine judgment. <a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_and_salvation.htm">God's Provision and Salvation</a> The ark is a symbol of God's provision for salvation, pointing to Christ as our ultimate refuge.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 7</a> <a href="/q/how_long_was_noah_on_the_ark.htm">What was the duration of Noah's time on the ark?</a> <a href="/q/what_are_the_great_deep's_fountains.htm">What are the fountains of the great deep?</a> <a href="/q/what_are_the_'windows_of_heaven'.htm">What are the "windows of heaven"?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'open_heaven's_windows'_mean.htm">What does "open the windows of heaven" mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) In the second month.--That is, of the civil year, which commenced in Tisri, at the autumnal equinox. The flood thus began towards the end of October, and lasted till the spring. The ecclesiastical year began in Abib, or April; but it was instituted in remembrance of the deliverance from Egypt (<a href="/exodus/12-2.htm" title="This month shall be to you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.">Exodus 12:2</a>; <a href="/exodus/23-15.htm" title="You shall keep the feast of unleavened bread: (you shall eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded you, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it you came out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)">Exodus 23:15</a>), and can have no place here. The year was evidently the lunar year of 360 days, for the waters prevail for 150 days (<a href="/genesis/7-24.htm" title="And the waters prevailed on the earth an hundred and fifty days.">Genesis 7:24</a>), and then abate for 150 days (<a href="/genesis/8-3.htm" title="And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.">Genesis 8:3</a>). Now, as the end of the first period of 150 days is described in <a href="/genesis/8-4.htm" title="And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.">Genesis 8:4</a> as the seventeenth day of the seventh month, whereas the flood began on the seventeenth of the second month, it is plain that the 150 days form five months of thirty days each. But see farther proof on <a href="/genesis/8-14.htm" title="And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.">Genesis 8:14</a>. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 11, 12. - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month. Not (1) of Noah's 600th year. (Knobel); but either (2) of the theocratic year, which began With Nisan or Abib (<a href="/exodus/12-2.htm">Exodus 12:2</a>; <a href="/exodus/13-4.htm">Exodus 13:4</a>; <a href="/exodus/23-15.htm">Exodus 23:15</a>; <a href="/exodus/34-18.htm">Exodus 34:18</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/16-1.htm">Deuteronomy 16:1</a>; <a href="/nehemiah/2-1.htm">Nehemiah 2:1</a>), either in March or April (Rabbi Joshua, Ambrose, Luther, Calvin, Mercerus, Havernick, Kalisch, Alford, Wordsworth); or (3) of the civil year, which commenced with the autumnal equinox in the month Tisri, "called of old the first month, but now the seventh" (Chaldee Paraphrase; <a href="/exodus/32-16.htm">Exodus 32:16</a>; <a href="/exodus/34-22.htm">Exodus 34:22</a>), corresponding to September or October (Josephus, Rabbi Jonathan; Kimchi, Rosenmüller, Keil, Murphy, Bush, Ainsworth, 'Speaker s Commentary ). In support of the former maybe alleged the usual Biblical mode of reckoning the sacred year by numbers, and in defense of the latter that the ecclesiastical year did not begin till the time of the Exodus. In the seventeenth day of the month. "The careful statement of the chronology, which marks with such exactness day and month in the course of this occurence, puts all suspicion of the history to shame" (Havernick). The same day were all the fountains of the great deep - i.e. the waters of the ocean (<a href="/job/38-16.htm">Job 38:16, 30</a>; <a href="/job/41-31.htm">Job 41:31</a>; <a href="/psalms/106-9.htm">Psalm 106:9</a>) and of subterranean reservoirs (<a href="/job/28-4.htm">Job 28:4, 10</a>; <a href="/psalms/33-7.htm">Psalm 33:7</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/8-7.htm">Deuteronomy 8:7</a>) - broken up. "Byamctynomy because the earth and other obstructions were broken up, and so a passage opened for the fountains" (Peele). "The niphal or passive form of בָּקַע denotes violent changes in the depths of the sea, or in the action of the earth - at all events in the atmosphere" (Lange). And the windows of heaven were opened. Arubboth, from arabh, to twine - network or lattices; hence a window, as being closed with lattice-work instead of glass (<a href="/ecclesiastes/12-3.htm">Ecclesiastes 12:3</a>); here the flood-gates of heaven, which are opened when it rains (cf. <a href="/genesis/8-2.htm">Genesis 8:2</a>; <a href="/2_kings/7-19.htm">2 Kings 7:19</a>; <a href="/isaiah/24-18.htm">Isaiah 24:18</a>; <a href="/malachi/3-10.htm">Malachi 3:10</a>). And the rain was - literally, and there was (happened, came) violent rain; גֶּשֶׁס, different from מָטָר, which denotes any rain, and is applied to other things which God pours down from heaven (<a href="/exodus/9-18.htm">Exodus 9:18</a>; <a href="/exodus/16-4.htm">Exodus 16:4</a>) - upon the earth forty days and forty nights (cf. <a href="/genesis/7-4.htm">Genesis 7:4</a>). Though the language is metaphorical and optical, it clearly points to a change in the land level by which the ocean waters overflowed the depressed continent, accompanied with heavy and continuous rain, as the cause of the Deluge (contrast with this the works of the third and fourth creative days); yet "the exact statement of the natural causes that concurred in the Deluge is a circumstance which certainly in no wise removes the miraculous nature of the whole fact - who has unveiled the mysteries of nature? - but which certainly shows how exact was the attention paid to the external phenomena of the Deluge" (Havernick). <a href="/commentaries/genesis/7-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>In בִּשְׁנַ֨ת (biš·naṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> A year the six שֵׁשׁ־ (šêš-) Number - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8337.htm">Strong's 8337: </a> Six (a cardinal number) hundredth מֵא֤וֹת (mê·’ō·wṯ) Number - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3967.htm">Strong's 3967: </a> A hundred year שָׁנָה֙ (šā·nāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> A year of Noah’s נֹ֔חַ (nō·aḥ) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5146.htm">Strong's 5146: </a> Noah -- 'rest', patriarch who survived the flood life, לְחַיֵּי־ (lə·ḥay·yê-) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2416.htm">Strong's 2416: </a> Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life on the seventeenth בְּשִׁבְעָֽה־ (bə·šiḇ·‘āh-) Preposition-b | Number - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number day י֖וֹם (yō·wm) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day of the second הַשֵּׁנִ֔י (haš·šê·nî) Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8145.htm">Strong's 8145: </a> Second (an ordinal number) month, בַּחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ (ba·ḥō·ḏeš) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2320.htm">Strong's 2320: </a> The new moon, a month all כָּֽל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the fountains מַעְיְנֹת֙ (ma‘·yə·nōṯ) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4599.htm">Strong's 4599: </a> A fountain, a source of the great רַבָּ֔ה (rab·bāh) Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7227.htm">Strong's 7227: </a> Much, many, great deep תְּה֣וֹם (tə·hō·wm) Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8415.htm">Strong's 8415: </a> An abyss, the deep burst forth, נִבְקְעוּ֙ (niḇ·qə·‘ū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1234.htm">Strong's 1234: </a> To cleave, to rend, break, rip, open and עָשָׂ֥ר (‘ā·śār) Number - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6240.htm">Strong's 6240: </a> Ten the floodgates וַאֲרֻבֹּ֥ת (wa·’ă·rub·bōṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_699.htm">Strong's 699: </a> A lattice, a window, dovecot, chimney, sluice of the heavens הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם (haš·šā·ma·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> Heaven, sky were opened. נִפְתָּֽחוּ׃ (nip̄·tā·ḥū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6605.htm">Strong's 6605: </a> To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/7-11.htm">Genesis 7:11 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/genesis/7-11.htm">Genesis 7:11 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/genesis/7-11.htm">Genesis 7:11 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/genesis/7-11.htm">Genesis 7:11 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/genesis/7-11.htm">Genesis 7:11 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/7-11.htm">Genesis 7:11 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/7-11.htm">Genesis 7:11 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/7-11.htm">Genesis 7:11 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/7-11.htm">Genesis 7:11 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/genesis/7-11.htm">Genesis 7:11 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/genesis/7-11.htm">OT Law: Genesis 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's (Gen. 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