Genesis 8:6

40 days later, Noah opened the window that he had made in the side of the boat, and sent out a raven.

Translation for Translators

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

5The water continued to recede until, on the first day of the tenth month of that year, the tops of other mountains became visible.

7The raven flew back and forth to and from the boat until the water was completely gone.

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Cross References

Daniel 6:10But when I found out that the king had written and signed that law, I went home. I knelt down in my upstairs room and prayed. I looked toward Jerusalem, and the windows were open with the result that everyone could see me while I was praying. I prayed three times each day, just as I always did, thanking God.

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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