Genesis 7:10 Meaning
And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
Context Explained
8Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Key Themes
Related Cross References
Matthew 24:38
Jesus uses the flood as a metaphor for the unexpected nature of His return.
Hebrews 11:7
Noah's faith is emphasized as he waited for the flood after being warned by God.
2 Peter 2:5
Noah is described as a preacher of righteousness during the time leading up to the flood.
Source: Genesis 7:10