Genesis 8
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Genesis 8:1-4

1But 1GodH430 rememberedH2142 NoahH5146 and allH3605 the beastsH2421 and allH3605 the cattleH929 that were with him in the arkH8392; and 2GodH430 caused a windH7307 to passH5674 overH5921 the earthH776, and the waterH4325 subsidedH7918.

2Also 3the fountainsH4599 of the deepH8415 and the 4floodgatesH699 of the skyH8064 were closedH5534, and 5the rainH1653 from the skyH8064 was restrainedH3607;

3and the waterH4325 recededH7725 steadilyH1980 from the earthH776, and at the endH7097 6of one hundredH3967 and fiftyH2572 daysH3117 the waterH4325 decreasedH2637.

4In the seventhH7637 monthH2320, on the seventeenthH7651H6240 dayH3117 of the monthH2320, 7the arkH8392 restedH5117 upon the mountainsH2022 of AraratH780.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 8:1 Gen 19:29; Ex 2:24; 1 Sam 1:19; Ps 105:42 ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 8:1 Ex 14:21; 15:10; Job 12:15; Ps 29:10; Is 44:27; Nah 1:4 ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 8:2 Gen 7:11 ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 8:2 Or windows of the heavens ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 8:2 Gen 7:4, 12 ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 8:3 Gen 7:24 ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 8:4 Gen 7:20 ↩

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