Genesis 8:14

In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was made dry.

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In The King James Version

And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.

In Context

13Therefore, in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the waters were diminished upon the earth. And Noah, opening the cover of the ark, gazed out and saw that the surface of the earth had become dry.

15Then God spoke to Noah, saying:

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Cross References

Genesis 7:13On the very same day, Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 8:14-15

13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. 14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. Here is, 1. The ground dry ( v. 13 ), that is, all the water carried off it, which, upon the first day of the first month (a joyful new-year's-day it was), Noah was himself… Read the whole commentary →

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