Gen 7:4 | NETfull | STEP | For in seven days I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the ground every living thing that I have made.”

Genesis 7:4

4 For in seven days ^{▼▼ Heb “for seven days yet,” meaning “after [or “in”] seven days.”} I will cause it to rain ^{▼▼ The Hiphil participle מַמְטִיר (mamtir, “cause to rain”) here expresses the certainty of the act in the imminent future.} on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the ground every living thing that I have made.”