Lux Domini
And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.

What does Genesis 7:17 mean?

The flood was increasing forty days. The waters rose so high, that the tops of the highest mountains were overflowed more than twenty feet.

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Keep this verse inside Genesis 7:17-20 and alongside a few nearby related passages.

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Glossary

Ark Object

Noah’s ark, a building of gopher-wood, and covered with pitch, 300 cubits long, 50 cubits broad, and 30 cubits high.