Genesis 8:6

6 Then it came about at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the ¹window of the ark which 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 In the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat.

5 The water decreased steadily until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains became visible.

6 Then it came about at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made;

7 and he sent out a raven, and it flew here and there until the water was dried up from the earth.

8 Then he sent out a dove from him, to see if the water was abated from the face of the land;

Cross References

• 1. Genesis 6:16