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Genesis 8:2

and the wells of the sea were closed, and the windows of (the) heaven (s) were closed, and (the) rains of (the) heaven (s) were ceased. (and the wells of the sea were closed, and the windows of the sky were closed, and the rains from the sky ceased.)

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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

1Forsooth the Lord had mind of Noe, and of all living beasts, and of all work beasts, that were with him in the ship; and [he] brought a wind on the earth. And [the] waters were decreased, or assuaged, (And the Lord remembered Noah, and all the living beasts, and all the work beasts, that were with him in the ship; and he brought forth a wind on the earth. And the waters decreased,)

3And [the] waters turned again from (off) the earth, and went again, and began to be decreased, or assuaged, after an hundred and fifty days.

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Cross References

Job 37:11Wheat desireth clouds, and (the) clouds spread abroad their light.

Proverbs 8:28When he made steadfast the air above; and weighed the wells of waters (or and set in place the water wells).

Matthew 8:9For why I am a man ordained under power, and have knights under me (or and have soldiers under me); and I say to this (one), Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do 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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