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NASB | Genesis 7:23 Thus He blotted out every living thing that was upon the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky, and they were blotted out from the earth; and only Noah was left, together with those that were with him in the ark. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 7:23 God destroyed (blotted out, wiped away) every living thing that was on the surface of the earth; man and animals and the crawling things and the birds of the heavens were destroyed from the land. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark remained alive. [Matt 24:37-44] |
Bible Question: Does anyone have any idea how many people where wiped out in the flood? |
Bible Answer: Good question Cephas.. The closest that we could ever come to knowing exactly how many people populated the earth before the flood is by considering the geneaologies of the families upon the earth at that time (Gen. 4-5), and taking into account the length of time that existed between the fall of mankind and the flood. But even then, we couldn't come up with an answer that we could all agree on, since the lifespans of the human race (900 years for some) and other factors of this era would make such a calculation 'suspect' at best. But we DO know the number of people that were saved from the flood! The answer to that question is '8' (Gen. 7:13) :) -Nolan |
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