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Genesis 7:17-23

Gen.7.17-Gen.7.23

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17For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth. 18The waters rose and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water. 19They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered. 20The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than fifteen cubits. 21Every living thing that moved on land perished—birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind. 22Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died. 23Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out; people and animals and the creatures that move along the ground and the birds were wiped from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark.
Genesis 7:17-23 New International Version (NIV)The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.

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  1. 1 Peter 3:20-21 parallels Genesis 7:17-23

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    Peter himself draws the correspondence: the eight souls saved through the water of the flood correspond to baptism, which saves through the resurrection of Jesus.

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    • 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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