InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Gen C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31 C32 C33 C34 C35 C36 C37 C38 C39 C40 C41 C42 C43 C44 C45 C46 C47 C48 C49 C50
Gen 7 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24
OET-LV And_ the_waters _they_increased and_they_increased exceedingly on the_earth/land and_ the_box _it_went on the_surface_of the_waters.
OET (OET-RV) The water continued to rise and get deeper on the earth, and the chest floated along on top of the water.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases
וַיִּגְבְּר֥וּ הַמַּ֛יִם
(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_increased the=waters and,they_increased very on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the=earth/land and,it_went the=box on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face/surface_of the=waters )
Verse 18 repeats some of verse 17 to emphasize what happened. Consider what is the best way to begin this sentence in your language. Alternate translation: [So the floodwaters continued to rise and get much higher] or [Yes, the water continued …] or [The water continued …]
עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ
on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the=earth/land
Alternate translation: [all over the world]
וַתֵּ֥לֶךְ הַתֵּבָ֖ה
(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_increased the=waters and,they_increased very on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the=earth/land and,it_went the=box on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face/surface_of the=waters )
Alternate translation: [but the ark floated safely] or [so that the ark moved about]
עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַמָּֽיִם
on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in (Some words not found in UHB: and,they_increased the=waters and,they_increased very on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the=earth/land and,it_went the=box on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face/surface_of the=waters )
Alternate translation: [on the surface of the water] or [on top of the water]
OET-LV And_ the_waters _they_increased and_they_increased exceedingly on the_earth/land and_ the_box _it_went on the_surface_of the_waters.
OET (OET-RV) The water continued to rise and get deeper on the earth, and the chest floated along on top of the water.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.