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Genesis 8:3

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The waters continually receded from the earth. After the end of one hundred fifty days the waters decreased.
Genesis 8:3 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
  • BSB The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.
  • NKJV And the waters receded continually from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.
  • NASB and the water receded steadily from the earth, and at the end of 150 days the water decreased.
  • NLT So the floodwaters gradually receded from the earth. After 150 days,

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 2

  • Gen 7:24The waters flooded the earth one hundred fifty days.
  • Gen 7:11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep were burst open, and the sky’s windows were opened.

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Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Genesis videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.

  • CommentaryClassic commentaries for this verseBibleHub (20+ works) · Pastoral · Free

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on GenesisMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.

How Genesis 8:3 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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And the watersמַיִםreturnedשׁוּבfrom off the earthאֶרֶץcontinuallyהָלַךְand after the endקָצֶהof the hundredמֵאָהand fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםdaysיוֹםthe watersמַיִםwere abatedחָסֵר
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