Genesis 7:20

Fifteen cubits were sufficient for the destruction of the highest men, or other creatures, though placed upon the highest mountains.

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The mountains were covered — Therefore there were mountains before the flood.

²⁰ Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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