Genesis 7:19

19 Then the waters surged even higher on the earth, and all the high mountains under the whole sky were covered.

Genesis 7:19 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 7:19

And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth
Yet more and more, so that the people without the ark were obliged to remove, not only from the lower to the higher rooms in their houses, and to the tops of them, but to the highest trees; and when these were bore down, to the highest hills and mountains; and to those it was in vain to fly, by what follows:

and all the high hills that were under the whole heaven were
covered:
whence it appears there were hills before the flood, and that these were not caused by it, and that the deluge was universal, since there was not a hill under the whole heaven but what was covered with it. In Deucalion's flood all men are said to perish, except a few who fled to the high mountains ^F14; which story seems to be hammered out of this account.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 Apollodorus, de Deor. Origin. l. 1. p. 19.

Genesis 7:19 In-Context

17 The deluge continued 40 days on the earth; the waters increased and lifted up the ark so that it rose above the earth.

18 The waters surged and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water.

19 Then the waters surged even higher on the earth, and all the high mountains under the whole sky were covered.

20 The mountains were covered as the waters surged [above them] more than 20 feet.

21 All flesh perished-creatures that crawl on the earth, birds, livestock, wildlife, and all creatures that swarm on the earth, as well as all mankind.