By the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth was fully dry.
Parallel translations
- WEB In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
- KJV And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
- NKJV And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dried.
- NASB And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
- NLT Two more months went by, and at last the earth was dry!
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Quick answer
In the second month the earth was fully dry. The world is now ready for Noah and the creatures to emerge.
Overview
The note of complete dryness confirms that the flood is entirely over and the earth restored. The careful chronology underscores that God has brought the long ordeal to its appointed end. This fully renewed land sets the stage for the new beginning God is about to grant.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 2
- Gen 7:13–14On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons—
- Gen 7:11In 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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