Genesis 8:3

וַיָּשֻׁבוּ הַמַּיִם מֵעַל הָאָרֶץ הָלוֹךְ וָשׁוֹב וַיַּחְסְרוּ הַמַּיִם מִקְצֵה חֲמִשִּׁים וּמְאַת יֽוֹם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

In Context

2וַיִּסָּֽכְרוּ מַעְיְנֹת תְּהוֹם וַֽאֲרֻבֹּת הַשָּׁמָיִם וַיִּכָּלֵא הַגֶּשֶׁם מִן ־ הַשָּׁמָֽיִם ׃

4וַתָּנַח הַתֵּבָה בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי בְּשִׁבְעָה ־ עָשָׂר יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ עַל הָרֵי אֲרָרָֽט ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 7:11בִּשְׁנַת שֵׁשׁ ־ מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה לְחַיֵּי ־ נֹחַ בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי בְּשִׁבְעָֽה ־ עָשָׂר יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ בַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה נִבְקְעוּ כָּֽל ־ מַעְיְנֹת תְּהוֹם רַבָּה וַאֲרֻבֹּת הַשָּׁמַיִם נִפְתָּֽחוּ ׃

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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