Genesis 8:6

6 And it happened [that] at the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made.

Genesis 8:6 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 8:6

And it came to pass at the end of forty days
From the appearance of the mountains, that is, from the first day of the tenth month, to forty days after; and being ended, this must be the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the month Ab, which answers to July and August; and according to Bishop Usher ^F11 it was Friday the twenty eighth of August:

that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made;
of which (See Gill on Genesis 6:16).

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 Ut supra. (Annales Vet. Test. p. 4.)

Genesis 8:6 In-Context

4 And the ark came to rest in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.

5 And the waters {continued to recede} to the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first of the month, the tops of the mountains appeared.

6 And it happened [that] at the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made.

7 And he sent out a raven; {it went to and fro} until the waters were dried up from upon the earth.

8 And {he sent out a dove} to see [whether] the waters had subsided from upon the ground.