Forty days and forty nights אַרְבָּעִ֣ים י֔וֹם וְאַרְבָּעִ֖ים לָֽיְלָה

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Feb 5, 2026 · 4m

We are in chapter twenty-four of Exodus with our word for today which is a phrase. אַרְבָּעִ֣ים י֔וֹם וְאַרְבָּעִ֖ים לָֽיְלָה forty days and forty nights. It is used 9 times in the Old Testament. Let’s look at our uses. The first two times we see it is in reference to the flood. Genesis 7:4 For in seven days I will send rain on the earth אַרְבָּעִ֣ים י֔וֹם וְאַרְבָּעִ֖ים לָ֑יְלָה forty days and forty nights, and every living thing that I have made I will blot out from the face of the ground … the windows of the heavens were opened. And rain fell upon the earth אַרְבָּעִ֣ים י֔וֹם…