Genesis 8:2

And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were closed, and the pour of rain from heaven was stopped.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

In Context

1And God remembered Noah, and all the animals, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.

3And the waters retired from the earth, continually retiring; and in the course of a hundred and fifty days the waters abated.

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Cross References

Job 37:11Also with plentiful moisture he loadeth the thick clouds, his light dispels the cloud;

Proverbs 8:28when he established the skies above, when the fountains of the deep became strong;

Matthew 8:9For *I* also am a man under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say to this [one], Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my bondman, Do this, and he does it.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 8:2-4

The Earth Becomes Dry. ( b. c. 2349.) 1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged; 2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; 3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. Here is, I. An act of God's grace: God remembered Noah and every… Read the whole commentary →

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