Genesis 8:3
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And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.
In other translations
And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.
Hebrew words
וַיָּשֻׁבוּvaiyashuvuand they turned backH7725הַמַּיִםhamayimthe watersH4325מֵעַלme'alfrom onH5921הָאָרֶץha'aretzthe earthH776הָלוֹךְhalokhgoingH1980וָשׁוֹבvashovand turning backH7725וַיַּחְסְרוּvaiyachseruand they decreasedH2637הַמַּיִםhamayimthe watersH4325מִקְצֵהmiktzehfrom [the] end ofH7097חֲמִשִּׁיםchamishimfiftyH2572וּמְאַתume'atand one hundredH3967יוֹם׃yomday[s]H3117
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Related verses
- Genesis 7:24And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.And the waters prevailed upon the earth for 150 days.
- Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.In 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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