And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
And the rain {H1653} was upon the earth {H776} forty {H705} days {H3117} and forty {H705} nights {H3915}.
It rained on the earth forty days and forty nights.
And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.
And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Note: Commentary was generated by an advanced AI, utilizing a prompt that emphasized Biblical fidelity over bias. We've found these insights to be consistently reliable, yet we always encourage prayerful discernment through the Holy Spirit. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.
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Genesis 7:4
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. -
Matthew 4:2
And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. -
Genesis 7:17
¶ And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. -
1 Kings 19:8
And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God. -
Exodus 24:18
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. -
Deuteronomy 9:18
And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. -
Deuteronomy 9:9
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: