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Genesis 7:22
Genesis 7:22 is verse 22 of Genesis chapter 7, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Of all that was on dry land, everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.
King James Version
All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
World English Bible
All on the dry land, in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, died.
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Genesis 7:20–24 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
23 And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.
24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth for 150 days.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 2:7Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
Genesis 6:17And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.