Genesis 8:6

At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the ship 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

5The waters receded continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were visible.

7and he sent out a raven. It went back and forth, until the waters were dried up from the earth.

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Cross References

Daniel 6:10When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his room toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.

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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