Genesis 7:11

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

Cross-reference

Genesis 7:24 Historical context

Genesis 7:24 continues the flood story, specifying that waters prevailed for 150 days after the start, adding duration detail.

Genesis 1:7 Typology

In Genesis 1:7, God separated waters above from waters below — here those same waters above burst open, undoing the original creation order.

Genesis 6:17 Prophetic fulfillment

In Genesis 6:17, God announced the flood judgment — here that prophecy is executed as the fountains of the deep break open.

Genesis 8:2 Parallel

In Genesis 8:2, the fountains and floodgates are closed — reversing the precise action that began the flood here.

Genesis 8:3 Historical context

Genesis 8:3 describes the recession of waters after 150 days, directly continuing from the flood's onset here.

Genesis 8:5 Historical context

Genesis 8:5 notes the waters abating until mountain tops appear, a later stage in the same flood narrative.

Genesis 8:13 Historical context

Genesis 8:13 records the drying of the earth and Noah removing the ark's cover, concluding the flood event.

Genesis 8:14 Historical context

Genesis 8:14 gives the final date when the earth was completely dry, ending the flood timeline.

Genesis 1:6 Contrast

In Genesis 1:6, the firmament separates waters above from below. Here the flood reverses that by breaking the separation, undoing creation.

Matthew 24:38 refers to the days of Noah before the flood, directly linking to the events triggered by Genesis 7:11.

Proverbs 3:20 uses identical phrasing: 'the depths are broken up' and clouds drop dew — directly echoing the flood's waters.

Isaiah 24:18 mentions 'windows from on high are open' and foundations shake — a clear reference back to the flood judgment.

Psalm 33:7 Allusion

In Psalm 33:7, God gathers the sea into a storehouse — here he releases those stored waters to flood the earth.

Amos 9:6 Allusion

Amos 9:6 says God calls the waters of the sea and pours them on the earth, directly mirroring the flood's release of cosmic waters.

Ezekiel 26:19 portrays God bringing up the deep to cover Tyre, echoing the flood's unleashing of the great deep.

In Proverbs 8:29, God sets the sea's boundary so it cannot transgress — the opposite of the flood's transgression here.

In Jeremiah 5:22, God sets the sand as a perpetual boundary for the sea, contrasting with the flood's release of the deep's fountains.

Psalm 74:15 Contrast

In Psalm 74:15, God breaks open springs and rivers to provide water — a life-giving contrast to the destructive bursting of waters here.

In Job 38:8-11, God sets boundaries for the sea — the opposite of the unrestrained floodwaters here.

1 Thessalonians 5:3 warns of sudden destruction when people say 'peace and safety,' analogous to the flood's unexpected onset.

In Isaiah 24:19, the earth is broken, split, and shaken — a similar cosmic undoing, but describing a future judgment rather than the flood.

Job 22:16 Allusion

Job 22:16 describes the wicked being swept away by a flood, likely alluding to the Genesis flood judgment.