Genesis 8:2

The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were closed, and it stopped raining.

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

In Context

1God considered Noah, all the wild animals, and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters started going down.

3The flood waters went down slowly from the earth, and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters had gone down.

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Cross References

Job 37:11Indeed, he weighs down the thick cloud with moisture; 1 he scatters his lightning through the clouds. 1

Proverbs 8:28I was there when he established the clouds above and 1 when the springs in the deep became fixed. 1

Matthew 8:9For I also am a man who is placed under authority, and I have soldiers under me. I say to this one, 'Go,' and he goes, and to another one, 'Come,' and he comes, and to 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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