Genesis 8:1-6 (Revised Standard Version)
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But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters subsided;
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the fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, the rain from the heavens was restrained,
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and the waters receded from the earth continually. At the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters had abated;
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and in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest upon the mountains of Ar'arat.
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And the waters continued to abate until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.
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At the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made,
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version - Holy Bible)
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