Genesis 7:20 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 7:20

The waters rose and covered the mountaintops to a depth of fifteen cubits.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

KJV

Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Fifteen cubits upward . . . and the mountains were covered--twenty-two and a half feet above the summits of the highest hills. The language is not consistent with the theory of a partial deluge.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
חֲמֵ֨שׁ	cha.Mesh	fif-	H2568 →
עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה	'es.Reh	teen	H6240 →
אַמָּה֙	'a.Mah	cubit[s]	H520 →
מִלְמַ֔עְלָה	mil.Ma'.lah	from to above <towards>	H4605 →
גָּבְר֖וּ	ga.ve.Ru	they increased	H1396 →
הַמָּ֑יִם	ha.Ma.yim	the waters	H4325 →
וַיְכֻסּ֖וּ	vay.khu.Su	and they were covered	H3680 →
הֶהָרִֽים׃	he.ha.Rim	the mountains	H2022 →

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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
Psalms 104:6
You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
leads to
- Genesis 7:19
  Finally, the waters completely inundated the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.
- 2 Peter 3:5
  But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,
- Genesis 1:2–10
  Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
Through
Jeremiah 3:23
Surely deception comes from the hills, and commotion from the mountains. Surely the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.
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.”
- Ezekiel 20:28
  When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, presented offerings that provoked Me, sent up…
- John 4:22
  You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.