Genesis 8:2

The fountaines also of the deepe and the windowes of heauen were stopped and the raine from heauen was restrained,

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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

1Now God remembred Noah and euery beast, and all the cattell that was with him in the Arke: therefore God made a winde to passe vpon the earth, and the waters ceased.

3And the waters returned from aboue the earth, going and returning: and after the ende of the hundreth and fiftieth day the waters abated.

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Cross References

Job 37:11He maketh also the cloudes to labour, to water the earth, and scattereth the cloude of his light.

Proverbs 8:28When he established the cloudes aboue, when he confirmed the fountaines of the deepe,

Matthew 8:9For I am a man also vnder the authoritie of an other, and haue souldiers vnder me: and I say to one, Goe, and he goeth: and to another, Come, and he commeth: and to my seruant, Doe this, and he doeth 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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