CHAPTER EXPLORER
Genesis 8
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22 verses in KJV · 173 outgoing cross-reference links
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Opening verses of Genesis 8 (KJV)
8:1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that [was] with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
8:2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
8:3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
Historical / attribution context
Traditional writer attribution: Moses
Approximate study chronology: c. 2347 BC
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H776e.retsland: country/planet · 12 occurrencesH8392te.vahark · 9 occurrencesH4325ma.yimwater · 9 occurrencesH3117yomday · 8 occurrencesH5146no.achNoah · 7 occurrencesH2320cho.deshmonth · 7 occurrencesH854etwith · 6 occurrencesH5750odstill · 6 occurrencesH7971sha.lachto send: depart · 5 occurrencesH7725shuvto return: return · 5 occurrencesH3808lonot · 5 occurrencesH3123yo.nahdove · 5 occurrencesH802ish.shahwoman · 4 occurrencesH7651she.vaseven · 4 occurrences
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