Genesis 8:2

The water bubbling up from the ground was stopped and the sky was closed and no more rain fell.

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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

1God did not forget Noah and the animals and birds in the boat. He sent a wind to dry up the water and make it go down.

3Then the water went down and down and kept on going down until the five months had passed.

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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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