Genesis 7:4 Meaning
For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
Context Explained
2Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
3Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
4For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
5And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.
6And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
Key Themes
Related Cross References
Matthew 24:39
Jesus warns of the suddenness of judgment, similar to the flood's arrival.
Luke 17:27
Jesus refers to the days of Noah to illustrate the unawareness of people before judgment.
2 Peter 3:6
Peter discusses the flood as a historical example of God's judgment on the wicked.
Source: Genesis 7:4