Genesis 7:12 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 7:12

And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

KJV

And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights,.... So long it was falling upon it, after the windows of heaven were opened. Aben Ezra would have it, that all things were in such confusion, during the flood, that there was no difference between day and night, since, it is said, "day and night shall not cease any more"; and that after the waters ceased, then Noah knew that forty days and nights had passed, for God had revealed this secret to him; but the text seems more to make against him than for him.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The rain was upon the earth - Dr. Lightfoot supposes that the rain began on the 18th day of the second month, or Marcheshvan, and that it ceased on the 28th of the third month, Cisleu.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽיְהִ֥י	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
הַגֶּ֖שֶׁם	ha.Ge.shem	the rain	H1653 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
הָאָ֑רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the earth	H776 →
אַרְבָּעִ֣ים	'ar.ba.'Im	forty	H705 →
י֔וֹם	Yom	day[s]	H3117 →
וְאַרְבָּעִ֖ים	ve.'ar.ba.'Im	and forty	H705 →
לָֽיְלָה׃	La.ye.lah	night[s]	H3915 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 4:2
After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.
leads to
- Exodus 34:28
  So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 9:18
  Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Kings 19:8
  So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 9:9
  When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights.…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 4:2
  where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.
Through
Deuteronomy 9:9
When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights.…
leads to
- Exodus 24:18
  Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
Through
Genesis 7:4
For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”
leads to
- Genesis 6:13
  Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.
- Genesis 7:17
  For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.