Genesis 7:4

7:4 For in seven days I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the ground every living thing that I have made.”

Genesis 7:10

7:10 And after seven days the floodwaters engulfed the earth.


tn Heb “for seven days yet,” meaning “after [or “in”] seven days.”

tn The Hiphil participle מַמְטִיר (mamtir, “cause to rain”) here expresses the certainty of the act in the imminent future.

tn Heb “came upon.”