Bible Strands
Genesis 7:10
And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the fulfillment of God’s command after Noah, his household, and the animals have entered the ark. This moment marks the transition from divine warning to divine execution.
The words — The term מַבּוּל (ma.Bul) literally denotes a catastrophic deluge, while the verb הָיָה (ha.Ya, H1961) appears twice to mark the transition from promise to reality: "and it was" followed by "they were."
The thread — The seven-day interval echoes the warning in Genesis 7:4, while the sudden arrival of the waters fulfills the declaration in Genesis 6:17. The narrative pattern reappears in Luke 17:27, where the flood arrives without warning to those unprepared.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that divine judgment follows the exact timeline of divine instruction. It requires the reader to acknowledge that obedience to the command precedes the execution of the sentence.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
Cross-references
- Genesis 6:17 And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.
- Genesis 7:4 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.”
- Luke 17:27 People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
- Genesis 7:17 For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.
- Job 22:16 They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.
- Matthew 24:38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.