Genesis 7:17 in the King James Version
And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
Context
16 Those who went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him; then the LORD shut him in.
17 The flood was forty days on the earth. The waters increased, and lifted up the ship, and it was lifted up above the earth.
18 The waters rose, and increased greatly on the earth; and the ship floated on the surface of the waters.