Genesis 8:2

The fountains also of the deep, and the windows of heaven were stopped; and the rain from heaven was restrained.

Leeser Tanakh

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

1And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark: and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters were assuaged;

3And the waters returned from off the earth, gradually returning; and the waters were abated after the end of the hundred and fifty days.

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Cross References

Job 37:11Also with moisture he loadeth the cloud; [and] he scattereth the cloud of his lightning;

Proverbs 8:28When he fastened the skies above; when the springs of the deep became strong;

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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