The Destruction of the Wicked
J. C. Gray. Genesis 7:17 And the flood was forty days on the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. 1. Numbers, learning, wealth, combination, could not save. "Though wickedness join hand in hand, it shall not go unpunished." 2. Their destruction complete and universal. None escaped. 3. They were not without an offer of mercy. In 120 years longer, after the warning was given, they were striven with. This was their day of grace. By word and life, Noah preached to them. 4. At length "the flood came and took them all away." Consternation, when they saw the ark drifting away, and the water still rising. Despair. A too late repentance. (J. C. Gray.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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. WEB: The flood was forty days on the earth. The waters increased, and lifted up the ship, and it was lifted up above the earth.