Scripture · Old Testament

Genesis 7:20

Genesis 7:20 is verse 20 of Genesis chapter 7, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

The waters rose and covered the mountaintops to a depth of fifteen cubits.

15 cubits is approximately 22.5 feet or 6.9 meters.

Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

The waters rose fifteen cubits higher, and the mountains were covered.

A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.

Genesis 7:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible

18 So the waters continued to surge and rise greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.

19 Finally, the waters completely inundated the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.

20 The waters rose and covered the mountaintops to a depth of fifteen cubits.

21 And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.

22 Of all that was on dry land, everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Psalms 104:6
You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.

Jeremiah 3:23
Surely deception comes from the hills, and commotion from the mountains. Surely the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.