Genesis 7:11-12

Noah and the Flood

11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the v fountains of the great deep burst forth, and w the windows of the heavens were opened. 12 And rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

  1. Cross References
    Genesis 8:2
    The fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, the rain from the heavens was restrained.
    Proverbs 8:28
    When he made firm the skies above, when he established the fountains of the deep.
    Amos 9:6
    Who builds his upper chambers in the heavens and founds his vault upon the earth; who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out upon the surface of the earth - the Lord is his name.
  2. Cross References
    Genesis 8:2
    The fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, the rain from the heavens was restrained.
    2 Kings 7:19
    The captain had answered the man of God, "If the Lord himself should make windows in heaven, could such a thing be?" And he had said, "You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it.
    Isaiah 24:18
    He who flees at the sound of the terror shall fall into the pit, and he who climbs out of the pit shall be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.
    Malachi 3:10
    Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.
    Psalms 78:23
    Yet he commanded the skies above and opened the doors of heaven.
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