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Genesis 8:3

Genesis 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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And the waters returned from off the earth continually,.... Or "going and returning" (s); they went off from the earth, and returned to their proper places appointed for them; some were dried up by…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 8:1-14

- The Land Was Dried 1. שׁכך shākak “stoop, assuage.” 3. חסר chāsar “want, fail, be abated.” 4. אררט 'ărārāṭ, “Ararat,” a land forming part of Armenia. It is mentioned in 2Ki 19:37, and Isa…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 8:1-3

Here is, I. An act of God's grace: God remembered Noah and every living thing. This is an expression after the manner of men; for not any of his creatures (Luk 12:6), much less any of his people, are…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Genesis 8:1-3

Gen 8:1-14. The Diminution of the Waters

1 (P). God remembered The same expression occurs in Gen 19:29; Gen 30:22. It is a form of anthropomorphism which is not infrequent in the O.T. and which is in…

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