And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And it came to pass after the seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
WEB
And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth.
YLT
And it cometh to pass, after the seventh of the days, that waters of the deluge have been on the earth.
DBT
And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were on the earth.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)