Translations
Modern
For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”
Traditional
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.
Literal
For after seven more days I am sending rain upon the earth for forty days and forty nights; I will wipe out every living thing that I have made from the face of the ground!”
Latin
Adhuc enim, et post dies septem ego pluam super terram quadraginta diebus et quadraginta noctibus: et delebo omnem substantiam, quam feci, de superficie terræ.
Original
Hebrew
English
For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”
Notes
The number forty is often connected with times of testing, hardship, or judgment (see Exodus 16:35; Judges 13:1; 1 Kings 19:8; Ezekiel 4:6; Jonah 3:4; Matthew 4:2; Acts 1:3).
Theme notes and profiles
Events
- God instructs Noah to build the arkc. 2400 BC
Parallels
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: Offered in Sacrifice Ark: Noah's: Animals Saved In Rain: Extraordinary: Time of the Flood Rain: Forty Days of, at the Time of the Great Flood of Noah Seven: Days: Noah in the Ark Before the Great Flood For The Deluge: Produced by Forty Days' Incessant Rain