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Genesis 8:3

Waiting on God

1 But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.

2 The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.

4 On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

5 And the waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.

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BSB
The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.
KJV
And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
WEB
The waters continually receded from the earth. After the end of one hundred fifty days the waters receded.
ASV
and the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.
DARBY
And the waters retired from the earth, continually retiring; and in the course of a hundred and fifty days the waters abated.
BLB
And the waters turned back from the earth, going and returning, and the waters decreased at the end of fifty and a hundred days.
ÅB
Og vannet vek etterhvert tilbake fra jorden, og vannet begynte å avta, da hundre og femti dager var gått.
OTB
Vannet trakk seg jevnt tilbake fra jorden, og ved slutten av hundre og femti dager hadde vannet avtatt.
B1930
Og vannet vek efterhånden tilbake fra jorden, og vannet begynte å ta av, da hundre og femti dager var gått.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Genesis 7:24

    And the waters prevailed upon the earth for 150 days.

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  • Genesis 7:11

    In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

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