Genesis 7:11
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Genesis 7:11 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Genesis 7:11 is a verse from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all t..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Genesis 7:11 — KJV
“In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. windows: or, floodgates”
— Genesis 7:11 (KJV)
Genesis 7:11 in Context — About the Book of Genesis
Genesis is the book of beginnings — creation, the fall, the flood, and the call of Abraham. It answers the oldest questions: where we came from, why the world is broken, and how God begins His rescue plan through one family. Every major theme in the Bible is planted here as a seed.
Cross-References for Genesis 7:11
“But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;”
Shares key themes with Genesis 7:11: six, year, month
“And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 7:11: six, hundredth, year
“Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. captives: Heb. captivity”
Shares key themes with Genesis 7:11: year, month, day
“In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying, by: Heb. by the hand of governor: or, captain”
Shares key themes with Genesis 7:11: six, year, second
“In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 7:11: six, year, second
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