Holy Scripture
Genesis 7:19
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“With the eye of my mind I gazed upon paradise. The summit of every mountain is lower than its summit, the crest of the flood reached only its foothills, these it kissed with reverence before turning back to rise above and subdue the peak of every hill and mountain. The foothills of paradise it kisses, while every summ…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
19And the water prevailed exceedingly upon the earth, and covered all the high mountains which were under heaven.
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17And the flood was upon the earth forty days and forty nights, and the water abounded greatly and bore up the ark, and it was lifted on high from off the earth.
18And the water prevailed and abounded exceedingly upon the earth, and the ark was borne upon the water.
— Genesis 7:19 —
20Fifteen cubits upward was the water raised, and it covered all the high mountains.
21And there died all flesh that moved upon the earth, of flying creatures and cattle, and of wild beasts, and every reptile moving upon the earth, and every man.