Genesis 7:23-24
New English Translation
23 So the Lord[a] destroyed[b] every living thing that was on the surface of the ground, including people, animals, creatures that creep along the ground, and birds of the sky.[c] They were wiped off the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark survived.[d] 24 The waters prevailed over[e] the earth for 150 days.
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- Genesis 7:23 tn Heb “and he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Genesis 7:23 tn Heb “wiped away” (cf. NRSV “blotted out”).
- Genesis 7:23 tn Heb “from man to animal to creeping thing and to the bird of the sky.”
- Genesis 7:23 tn The Hebrew verb שָׁאָר (shaʾar) means “to be left over; to survive” in the Niphal verb stem. It is the word used in later biblical texts for the remnant that escapes judgment. See G. F. Hasel, “Semantic Values of Derivatives of the Hebrew Root šʾr,” AUSS 11 (1973): 152-69.
- Genesis 7:24 sn The Hebrew verb translated “prevailed over” suggests that the waters were stronger than the earth. The earth and everything in it were no match for the return of the chaotic deep.
Genesis 7:23-24
New International Version
23 Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out; people and animals and the creatures that move along the ground and the birds were wiped from the earth.(A) Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark.(B)
24 The waters flooded the earth for a hundred and fifty days.(C)
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