Genesis 7:22
“All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.”
KJV
Read in Genesis 7Meaning
The verse summarizes the death of breathing life on dry land outside the ark.
Read carefully
Its focus is dry-land breathing creatures in the flood account; it should not be expanded into claims about every form of aquatic life.
Reflection
The repeated language of life and breath makes the loss described here especially stark within Genesis' creation theology.