Genesis 7:19
in Genesis 7Finally, the waters completely inundated the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered.
KJV
And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
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This verse in Genesis 7
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
all the high mountains under all the heavens
on Genesis 7:19-20
The waters cover every high mountain under all the heavens, and the depth over the mountaintops is given as fifteen cubits. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown read a measured depth over the summits as language a local flood cannot carry. Other readers take all the heavens as the sky in view and the earth as the land Noah knew. Peter takes the flood as history at 2 Peter 3:6.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
With the eye of my mind I gazed upon paradise. The summit of every mountain is lower than its summit, the crest of the flood reached only its foothills, these it kissed with reverence before turning back to rise above and subdue the peak of …
The Medieval Church1 voice
Moreover, the ark was carried above the waters, and the waters prevailed exceedingly, and all the high mountains under the entire heaven were covered.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth,....
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהַמַּ֗יִם | vehamayim | and the waters | H4325 → | 581 times |
| גָּֽבְר֛וּ | gaveru | they increased | H1396 → | 25 times |
| מְאֹ֥ד | meod | exceedingly | H3966 → | 300 times |
| מְאֹ֖ד | meod | exceedingly | H3966 → | 300 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הָאָ֑רֶץ | haaretz | the earth | H776 → | 2504 times |
| וַיְכֻסּ֗וּ | vaykhusu | and they were covered | H3680 → | 152 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הֶֽהָרִים֙ | heharim | the mountains | H2022 → | 546 times |
| הַגְּבֹהִ֔ים | hagevohim | <the> high | H1364 → | |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| תַּ֖חַת | tachat | [were] under | H8478 → | 505 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ | hashamayim | the heavens | H8064 → | 421 times |
וְהַמַּ֗יִםand the waters
vehamayimH4325 →581 times
גָּֽבְר֛וּthey increased
gaveruH1396 →25 times
מְאֹ֥דexceedingly
meodH3966 →300 times
מְאֹ֖דexceedingly
meodH3966 →300 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הָאָ֑רֶץthe earth
haaretzH776 →2504 times
וַיְכֻסּ֗וּand they were covered
vaykhusuH3680 →152 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הֶֽהָרִים֙the mountains
heharimH2022 →546 times
הַגְּבֹהִ֔ים<the> high
hagevohimH1364 →
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
תַּ֖חַת[were] under
tachatH8478 →505 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃the heavens
hashamayimH8064 →421 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 3:23Surely deception comes from the hills, and commotion from the mountains. Surely the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.
it leads to
- Psalms 121:1–2
I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?
- Psalms 3:8
Salvation belongs to the LORD; may Your blessing be on Your people. Selah
- Isaiah 12:2
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
- Hosea 1:7
Yet I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them—not by bow or sword or war, not by horses and cavalry, but by the LORD their God.”
- Psalms 121:1–2
Through
Job 12:15If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 17:1
Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in…
- 1 Kings 17:1
Through
2 Peter 3:6through which the world of that time perished in the flood.
it leads to
- 2 Peter 2:5
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;
- Matthew 24:38–39
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.
- Luke 17:27
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.
- 2 Peter 2:5
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This page draws on Bede, Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron); Ephrem the Syrian, HYMNS ON PARADISE 1.4; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).
