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For in seven days[a] I will cause it to rain[b] on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the ground every living thing that I have made.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 7:4 tn Heb “for seven days yet,” meaning “after [or “in”] seven days.”
  2. Genesis 7:4 tn The Hiphil participle מַמְטִיר (mamtir, “cause to rain”) here expresses the certainty of the act in the imminent future.

Seven days from now I will send rain(A) on the earth(B) for forty days(C) and forty nights,(D) and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made.(E)

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