20 The water prevailed fifteen [a]cubits higher, (A)and the mountains were covered. 21 (B)All flesh that [b]moved on the earth perished, birds and cattle and beasts and every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind; 22 of all that was on the dry land, all (C)in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, died.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 7:20 I.e. One cubit equals approx 18 in.
  2. Genesis 7:21 Or crept