Genesis 8:14

Genesis 8:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
• New International Version (NIV)By the twenty-seventh day of the second month the earth was completely dry.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth had dried out.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dried.

Context of Genesis 8:14

12He waited another seven days and then released the dove again. This time it did not come back. 13Noah was now 601 years old. On the first day of the new year, ten and a half months after the flood began, the floodwaters had almost dried up from the earth. Noah lifted back the covering of the boat and saw that the surface of the ground was drying. Two more months went by, and at last the earth was dry! 15Then God said to Noah, 16“Leave the boat, all of you—you and your wife, and your sons and their wives.

Genesis 8:14 word by word

וּבַחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ הַשֵּׁנִ֔י בְּשִׁבְעָ֧ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֛ים י֖וֹם לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ יָבְשָׁ֖ה הָאָֽרֶץ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And in the secondשֵׁנִיshênîy · secondH8145
• monthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
• on the sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• and twentiethעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• was the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• driedיָבֵשׁyâbêsh · to witherH3001

Cross-references for Genesis 8:14

• Genesis 7:11When Noah was 600 years old, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the underground waters erupted from the earth, and the rain fell in mighty torrents from the sky.

Commentaries on Genesis 8:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day - From this it appears that Noah was in the ark a complete solar year, or three hundred and sixty-five days; for he entered the ark the 17th day of the second month, in the six hundredth year of his life, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:13, and continued in it till the 27th day of the second month, in the six hundredth and first year of his life, as we see above. The months of the ancient Hebrews were lunar…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-14Verses 1-14 - The Land Was Dried 1. שׁכך shākak “stoop, assuage.” 3. חסר chāsar “want, fail, be abated.” 4. אררט 'ărārāṭ “Ararat,” a land forming part of Armenia. It is mentioned in 2 Kings 19:37, and Isaiah 37:38, as the retreat of Adrammelek and Sharezer after the murder of their father; and in Jeremiah 51:27 as a kingdom. 8. קלל qālal “be light, lightened, lightly esteemed, swift.” 10. חוּל chûl “twist, turn, dance, writhe, tremble, be strong…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-19Verses 13-19 God consults our benefit, rather than our desires; he knows what is good for us better than we do for ourselves, and how long it is fit our restraints should continue, and desired mercies should be delayed. We would go out of the ark before the ground is dried; and perhaps, if the door, is shut, are ready to thrust off the covering, and to climb up some other way; but God's time of showing mercy is the best time. As Noah had a command to go…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14the earth was fully dry: This word for dry land is often used with the sea to show God’s rule over both land and sea (see 1:9–10; Exodus 14:22, 29; Psalm 95:5; Jonah 1:9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1413-14. Noah removed the covering of the ark--probably only as much of it as would afford him a prospect of the earth around. Yet for about two months he never stirred from his appointed abode till he had received the express permission of God. We should watch the leading of Providence to direct us in every step of the journey of life.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Clean
• Covering
• Deluge
• Earth
• Flood
• Noah
• Pull
• Remember
• Sake
• Separate

Commentaries on Genesis 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings