Genesis 8:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the waters receded continually from the earth, and after one hundred and fifty days the waters were diminished.

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

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  • Gen 7:23-24
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    86%

    23And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed, both man and cattle, creeping things and birds of the sky; they were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark survived.

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

  • Gen 8:1-2
    2 verses
    84%

    1And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.

    2The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were also stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.

  • Gen 8:4-15
    12 verses
    84%

    4And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.

    5And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were 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 back and forth until the waters were dried up from the earth.

    8Also, he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters had receded from the face of the ground.

    9But the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth. Then he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her into the ark.

    10And he waited another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.

    11And the dove came to him in the evening, and there in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.

    12And he waited another seven days, and sent forth the dove, which did not return to him anymore.

    13And 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 the earth. And Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.

    14And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.

    15And God spoke to Noah, saying,

  • Gen 7:17-20
    4 verses
    83%

    17And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose above the earth.

    18And the waters prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark moved on the surface of the waters.

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

    20The waters covered them fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.

  • Gen 7:10-12
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    80%

    10And it occurred after seven days that the floodwaters were upon the earth.

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

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

  • Gen 7:4
    74%

    4For in seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights; and every living thing that I have made will I destroy from the face of the earth.

  • Gen 9:28
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    28And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.

  • 2 Pet 3:6
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    6By which the world that then existed, being overflowed with water, perished:

  • Gen 8:17-19
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    17Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you, of all flesh, birds, cattle, and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth, so that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth.

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

    19Every beast, every creeping thing, every bird, and whatever creeps on the earth, according to their kinds, went forth out of the ark.

  • Gen 9:11
    72%

    11And I will establish my covenant with you; never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.

  • Gen 7:6
    71%

    6And Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters were upon the earth.

  • Gen 9:15
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    15And I will remember my covenant which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.

  • 1 Pet 3:20
    71%

    20Who formerly were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.