Genesis 7:11

Translations

Modern

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

Traditional

In 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.

Literal

In the six hundredth year, in that year of the life of Noah, in the second month, on the seven and tenth day of the month—on this day burst forth all the fountains of the great deep, and the windows of the heavens were opened.

Latin

Anno sexcentesimo vitæ Noë, mense secundo, septimodecimo die mensis, rupti sunt omnes fontes abyssi magnæ, et cataractæ cæli apertæ sunt:

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Hebrew

English

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

Notes

Genesis 7:11–12

on the seventeenth day of the second month: This specific detail gives the flood account a sense of seriousness. It shows that the event is presented as something that happened in history.
fountains of the great deep: See 2:6.
the floodgates of the heavens were opened: The great flood undid the boundaries established on the second and third days of creation (1:6–13). Other parts of the Bible describe God's judgment as undoing creation (see Jeremiah 4:23–26; Amos 7:4).
forty days and forty nights: See study note on 7:4.

Theme notes and profiles

Noah Retribution Symbolic Numbers

Events

The Great Flood beginsc. 2348 BC
The Great Floodc. 2348 BC

Related verses

Genesis 8:2
The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.
Malachi 3:10
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
Proverbs 8:28–29
…when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth,
Amos 9:5–6
The Lord GOD of Hosts, He who touches the earth and it melts, and all its dwellers mourn—all the land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt—
Jeremiah 5:22
Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.
2 Kings 7:19
And the officer had answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” So Elisha had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!”
Jeremiah 51:16
When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
Psalm 78:23–24
Yet He commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of the heavens.
2 Kings 7:2
But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”
Ezekiel 26:19
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I make you a desolate city like other deserted cities, and when I raise up the deep against you so that the mighty waters cover you,
Psalm 33:7
He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.
Genesis 1:7
So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.

Parallels

2 Peter 3:1–7

People

Noah: Righteous man, built ark, survived flood

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Chronology of the Bible (Old Testament) Genesis, Book of Land Mesopotamia Noah Patriarchs, Period of the The Flood

Topics

Animals: Two of Every Sort Preserved in the Ark Ark: Noah's: Animals Saved In Clouds: Called The: Windows of Heaven Clouds: Frequently the Instrument of God's Judgments Fountains and Springs: Come from the Great Deep Month: Ancient Use of Months: Originally had No Names Rain: Forty Days of, at the Time of the Great Flood of Noah The Deluge: Date of Its Commencement The Deluge: Produced by Opening up of the Fountains of the Great Deep Time: Eras from Which, Computed: Nativity of the Patriarchs During the Patriarchal Age Years: Divided Into: Months Years: Length of, During the Patriarchal Age

Genesis 7:11

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