Genesis 8:6

And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made;

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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 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;

7And he sent forth a raven which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

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Cross References

Daniel 6:10(6:11) Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went up unto his house, where he had open windows in his upper chamber in the direction of Jerusalem; and three times every day he kneeled upon his knees, and prayed, and offered thanks before his God, as he had been doing before that time.

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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