Genesis 8:6

And after that forty days were passed, Noe, opening the window of the ark which he had made, sent forth a raven:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:

In Context

5And the waters were going and decreasing until the tenth month: for in the tenth month, the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains appeared.

7Which went forth and did not return, till the waters were dried up upon the earth.

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Cross References

Daniel 6:10Now when Daniel knew this, that is to say, that the law was made, he went into his house: and opening the windows in his upper chamber towards Jerusalem, he knelt down three times a day, and adored, and gave thanks before his God, as he had been accustomed to do before.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 8:5-6

4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. 5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen. Here we have the effects and evidences of the ebbing of the waters. 1. The ark rested. This was some satisfaction to Noah, to feel the house he was in upon firm ground, and no longer movable. It rested upon a mountain, whither it was directed, not by Noah's… Read the whole commentary →

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