Genesis 8:3

and the waters returned from off the earth they went on returning,—and so the waters decreased at the end of a hundred and fifty days.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

2and the fountains of the roaring-deep were shut, and the windows of the heavens,—and the heavy rain was restrained from the heavens;

4And the ark rested, in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month,—on the mountains of Ararat.

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Cross References

Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year, the year of the life of Noah. in the second month on the seventeenth day of the month on this day, were burst open all the fountains of the great roaring deep, and the windows of the heavens, were set open.

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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