Gen 7:17-20 | ESV | STEP | The flood continued forty days on the earth . The waters increased and bore up the ark , and it rose high above the earth .

Genesis 7:17-20

17 The flood ^acontinued forty days on the earth. The waters increased and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. 18 The waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the face of the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed so mightily on the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered. 20 The waters prevailed above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits ^{▼▼A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters} deep.