Genesis 8:2

The subterranean waters were closed off, and the heavy rainfall was stopped.

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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

1But God hadn't forgotten about Noah and all the wild animals and livestock with him in the ark. God sent a wind to blow over the earth, and the floodwaters started to drop.

3The floodwaters steadily receded from the earth. They had gone down so much that by 150 days after the flood began

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Cross References

Job 37:11He fills the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning from them.

Proverbs 8:28when he made the clouds in the sky above, when he created the springs of the oceans,

Matthew 8:9For I am myself under the authority of superiors, while I also have soldiers under my command. I command one, ‘Go!’ and he goes. I command another, ‘Come!’ and he comes. I tell my servant, ‘Do this!’ and he does 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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