King James Version

Genesis 7:10

And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.

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וַֽיְהִ֖יvayhiand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לְשִׁבְעַ֣תleshivatto sevenשֶׁבַעpreposition, adjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, construct — “to seven”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number([phrase] by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare H7658 (שִׁבְעָנָה).הַיָּמִ֑יםhayamimthe as long asיוֹםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…וּמֵ֣יumeand waterמַיִםconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “and water”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).הַמַּבּ֔וּלhamabulthe floodמַבּוּלdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the flood”, the ordinary formH3999a delugeflood.הָי֖וּhayvbeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “be”, a completed actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…הָאָֽרֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And it came to pass after the seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And it came to pass after the seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.

Young’s Literal Translation

And it cometh to pass, after the seventh of the days, that waters of the deluge have been on the earth.

World English Bible

After the seven days, the floodwaters came on the earth.

Darby Translation

And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were on the earth.

Douay-Rheims

And after the seven days were passed, the waters of the flood overflowed the earth.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And it came to pass after the seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And it came to pass after the seven days that the water of the flood came upon the earth.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ τὰς ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας, καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ ἐγένετο ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

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Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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