Genesis 7:20World English Bible
The waters rose fifteen cubitsA cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters. higher, and the mountains were covered.
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Genesis 1:2
The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.
Genesis 1:6
God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”
Genesis 1:7
God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.
Genesis 1:9
God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so.
Genesis 1:10
God called the dry land “earth”, and the gathering together of the waters he called “seas”. God saw that it was good.