Genesis 7:12
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Genesis 7:12 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Genesis 7:12 is a verse from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Genesis 7:12 — KJV
“And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.”
— Genesis 7:12 (KJV)
Genesis 7:12 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 7:12
“For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. destroy: Heb. blot out”
Shares key themes with Genesis 7:12: rain, earth, forty
“And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 7:12: forty, days, nights
“And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. commandments: Heb. words”
Shares key themes with Genesis 7:12: forty, days, nights
“When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:”
Shares key themes with Genesis 7:12: forty, days, nights
“And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 7:12: forty, days, nights
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