Genesis 8:2

The fountains also of the deep, and the flood gates of heaven were shut up, and the rain from heaven was restrained.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 Noe, and all the living creatures, and all the cattle which were with him in the ark, and brought a wind upon the earth, and the waters were abated.

3And the waters returned from off the earth going and coming: and they began to be abated after a hundred and fifty days.

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Cross References

Job 37:11Corn desireth clouds, and the clouds spread their light :

Proverbs 8:28When he established the sky above, and poised the fountains of waters:

Matthew 8:9For I also am a man subject to authority, having under me soldiers; and I say to this, Go, and he goeth, and to another, Come, and he cometh, and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth 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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