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Genesis 8:5 KJV
Genesis · chapter 8 · verse 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.Genesis 8:5 · King James Version
Genesis 8:5 in context
3And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
4And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
5And 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.
6And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
7And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- continuallyhâlakto walkH1980 →
- decreasedchâçêrto lackH2637 →
- mountainshara mountain or range of hillsH2022 →
- watersmayimwaterH4325 →
- tenthʻăsîyrîytenthH6224 →
- monthchôdeshthe new moonH2320 →
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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.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-5