“The waters rose, and increased greatly on the earth; and the ship floated on the surface of the waters.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Genesis 7 contains 24 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.