King James Version (KJV)
Genesis 7:20
“Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.”
Verse in context — Genesis 7
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And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
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And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that [were] under the whole heaven, were covered.
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Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
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And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:
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All in whose nostrils [was] the breath of life, of all that [was] in the dry [land], died.
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The book of beginnings, describing creation, humanity’s fall, God’s promises, and the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph).
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