The Meaning of Genesis 7:24 Explained

Genesis 7:24

KJV: And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.

YLT: and the waters are mighty on the earth a hundred and fifty days.

Darby: And the waters prevailed on the earth a hundred and fifty days.

ASV: And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Genesis 7:24?

MEANING: What does Genesis 7:24 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Genesis 7:24 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Genesis 7:24?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the waters  prevailed  upon the earth  an hundred  and fifty  days. 

What does Genesis 7:24 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 7:1-24 - The Great Flood
What anguish! They climbed the highest story of their towers, then to the hills, but the greedy waters followed them, till the last crag was covered, and all living things in the first homes of human life had perished. Equally sudden and unexpected shall be the days of the Son of Man. See Luke 17:26; 2 Peter 3:7. But what drowns other men only lifts the child of God nearer his home. The waters bear up the ark. When the loftiest refuges of lies and pride are submerged, and the whole landscape is covered with a monotonous waste of trouble, God says to the soul, "Come into the ark." It is as though He is inside and wants us to enter into close fellowship with Himself. See Psalms 27:5. When God shuts the door behind us, no power can force, no skeleton key can unlock, and no wedge can pry the door. For the extent of the Deluge it is appropriate to consider Luke 2:1-3. [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 7

1  Noah, his family and the living creatures enter the ark
6  The flood begins
17  The increase of the flood for forty days
21  All flesh is destroyed by it
24  Its duration of 150 days

What do the individual words in Genesis 7:24 mean?

And prevailed the waters on the earth fifty and a hundred days
וַיִּגְבְּר֥וּ הַמַּ֖יִם עַל־ הָאָ֑רֶץ חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים וּמְאַ֖ת יֽוֹם

וַיִּגְבְּר֥וּ  And  prevailed 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: גָּבַר  
Sense: to prevail, have strength, be strong, be powerful, be mighty, be great.
הַמַּ֖יִם  the  waters 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: מַיִם  
Sense: water, waters.
הָאָ֑רֶץ  the  earth 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים  fifty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: חֲמִשִּׁים 
Sense: fifty.
וּמְאַ֖ת  and  a  hundred 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, feminine singular construct
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
יֽוֹם  days 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.

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