Genesis 8:6

And it came to pass after forty days Noe opened the window of the ark which he had made.

Brenton Septuagint

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 in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the heads of the mountains were seen.

7And he sent forth + 8:7 Gr. the raven.a raven; + 8:7 Alex. + to see if the water had ceased.and it went forth and returned not until the water was dried from off the earth.

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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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