Genesis 8:6

And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

5But, the waters went on decreasing, until the tenth month,—in the tenth [month], on the first of the month, were seen the tops of the mountains.

7and sent forth a raven,—and it kept going forth and returning, until the drying up of the waters from off the earth.

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Cross References

Daniel 6:10But, Daniel, when he knew that the writing, was signed, went to his own house, and, the windows being opened to him, in his chamber, toward Jerusalem, three times a day, was he kneeling upon his knees, and praying and giving thanks before his God, in like manner as he had been doing aforetime.

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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