Genesis 8:3

American Standard Version (1901)

and the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 7:24 : 24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.
  • Gen 7:11 : 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 7:23-24
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    23 And every living thing was destroyed that was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only was left, and they that were with him in the ark.

    24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.

  • Gen 8:1-2
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    1 And God remembered Noah, and all the beasts, and all the cattle that were 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;

  • Gen 8:4-15
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    4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

    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.

    6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:

    7 and he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

    8 And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

    9 but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him to the ark; for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her in unto him into the ark.

    10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;

    11 and the dove came in to him at eventide; and, lo, in her mouth an olive-leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

    12 And he stayed yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she returned not again unto him any more.

    13 And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dried.

    14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dry.

    15 And God spake unto Noah, saying,

  • Gen 7:17-20
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    17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.

    18 And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.

    19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered.

    20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

  • Gen 7:10-12
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    10 And it came to pass after the seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.

    11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

    12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

  • 4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living thing that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the ground.

  • 28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.

  • 6 by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

  • Gen 8:17-19
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    17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both birds, and cattle, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.

    18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him:

    19 every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, whatsoever moveth upon the earth, after their families, went forth out of the ark.

  • 11 And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.

  • 6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.

  • 15 and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

  • 20 that aforetime were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water: