Passage · Old Testament
Genesis 7:17-23
Gen.7.17-Gen.7.23
Explore this passage in the graph17The flood continued forty days on the earth. The waters increased and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. 18The waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the face of the waters. 19And the waters prevailed so mightily on the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered. 20The waters prevailed above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits deep. 21And all flesh died that moved on the earth, birds, livestock, beasts, all swarming creatures that swarm on the earth, and all mankind. 22Everything on the dry land in whose nostrils was the breath of life died. 23He blotted out every living thing that was on the face of the ground, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens. They were blotted out from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ark. Read this passage at the publisher: Read in NIV · Read in ESV
Connections that cite this passage
1 Peter 3:20-21 parallels Genesis 7:17-23
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidencePeter himself draws the correspondence: the eight souls saved through the water of the flood correspond to baptism, which saves through the resurrection of Jesus.
Other responsible views
- Limits of the comparison: Peter's point is the pledge of a clear conscience through the resurrection, not the water itself; Christian traditions differ on how baptism saves.
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