Genesis 8:3
Then the water went down and down and kept on going down until the five months had passed.
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In The King James Version
In Context
2The water bubbling up from the ground was stopped and the sky was closed and no more rain fell.
4It was full moon again now. And the boat landed on a mountain called Ararat.
Cross References
Genesis 7:11Noah was 600 years old. One month had already passed and now it was full moon, and a great amount of water burst out of the springs under the ground. And the heavens opened and the rain poured down from above.
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 →