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Genesis 7:17–24 — The Flood Covers the Earth | Bible Commentary · A Tithe of Time Podcast

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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to a tithe of time, verse by verse.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today we begin Genesis 7, 17-24.
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  SPEAKER_00: The flood covers the earth.
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  SPEAKER_00: Reading from the ESV.
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  SPEAKER_00: The flood continued forty days on the earth.
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  SPEAKER_00: The waters increased and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.
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  SPEAKER_00: The waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the face of the waters.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the waters prevailed so mightily on the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered.
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  SPEAKER_00: The waters prevailed above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits deep.
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  SPEAKER_00: And all flesh died that moved on the earth, birds, livestock, beasts, all swarming creatures that swarm on the earth, and all mankind.
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  SPEAKER_00: Everything on the dry land in whose nostrils was the breath of life died.
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  SPEAKER_00: He blotted out every living thing that was on the face of the ground, man and animals and creeping things, and birds of the heavens.
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  SPEAKER_00: They were blotted out from the earth.
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  SPEAKER_00: Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ark.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the waters prevailed on the earth 150 days.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now let's look closer.
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  SPEAKER_00: This passage describes the flood reaching its full force.
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  SPEAKER_00: Did the flood last only forty days?
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  SPEAKER_00: Earlier in the chapter, Genesis tells us that rain fell for 40 days and forty nights.
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  SPEAKER_00: Here, the chapter ends by saying the waters prevailed on the earth for 150 days.
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  SPEAKER_00: Those are different descriptions of the flood's duration, not an instruction to add 40 days to 150.
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  SPEAKER_00: The end of the rain does not mean the earth is dry again.
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  SPEAKER_00: Notice how often Genesis repeats that the waters prevailed.
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  SPEAKER_00: They increase, lift the ark, cover the mountains, and remain over the earth.
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  SPEAKER_00: The repetition makes the scale of the judgment unmistakable.
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  SPEAKER_00: The passage says the waters covered the mountains by fifteen cubits.
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  SPEAKER_00: A cubit was an ancient measurement based roughly on the length of a forearm, so the exact modern measurement can vary.
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  SPEAKER_00: The important point here is that even the high ground is submerged.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then the language becomes much heavier.
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  SPEAKER_00: All flesh died that moved on the earth.
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  SPEAKER_00: Genesis names birds, livestock, beasts, swarming creatures, in mankind.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then it says, Everything on the dry land in whose nostrils was the breath of life died.
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  SPEAKER_00: Notice the words on the dry land.
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  SPEAKER_00: The passage describes the deaths of these creatures and people without giving an account of what happened to aquatic life.
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  SPEAKER_00: The phrase breath of life also connects this scene with Genesis 2, where God breathed life into the man.
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  SPEAKER_00: Here, living creatures on dry land die in the flood.
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  SPEAKER_00: The story that began with life being given now describes the judgment announced in Genesis 6.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then comes one of the starkest sentences in the account.
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  SPEAKER_00: Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ark.
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  SPEAKER_00: God had commanded Noah to build the ark, and Noah obeyed.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now the passage tells us that only Noah and those with him in the Ark remained.
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  SPEAKER_00: The chapter does not end when the rain stops.
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  SPEAKER_00: It ends with the waters prevailing on the earth for 150 days.
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  SPEAKER_00: Noah and those with him have been preserved in the Ark, but this chapter has not yet described the waters receding.
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  SPEAKER_00: That sets up the next turn in the story.
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  SPEAKER_00: This concludes Genesis 7 17 24.
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  SPEAKER_00: Next, we'll continue with Genesis 8 1 14.
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  SPEAKER_00: And remember, tithe your time.