⁴ Seven days from now I will send rain^(A) on the earth^(B) for forty days^(C) and forty nights,^(D) and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made.^(E)”

¹⁷ For forty days^(A) the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth.

¹⁸ Then Samuel called on the Lord,^(A) and that same day the Lord sent thunder and rain. So all the people stood in awe^(B) of the Lord and of Samuel.