Loading...

Change Translation

Loading...
  • Recent Translations
  • All Translations

Genesis 8:3

Listen to Genesis 8:3
3 Und die Wasser wichen von der Erde, fort und fort weichend; und die Wasser nahmen ab nach Verlauf von hundertfünfzig Tagen.

Genesis 8:3 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 8:3

And the waters returned from off the earth continually,
&c.] Or "going and returning" F19; they went off from the earth, and returned to their proper places appointed for them; some were dried up by the wind, and exhaled by the sun into the air: and others returned to their channels and cavities in the earth, or soaked into it:

and after the end of the hundred and fifty days, the waters were
abated;
or began to abate, as Jarchi and the Vulgate Latin version; which days are to be reckoned from the beginning of the flood, including the forty days' rain; though Jarchi reckons them from the time of the ceasing of it; so that there were from the beginning of the flood one hundred and ninety days; six months, and ten days of the year of the flood now past; and in this he is followed by Dr. Lightfoot F20: but the former reckoning seems best, and agrees better with what follows.


FOOTNOTES:

F19 (bwvw Kwlh) , "eundo et redeundo", Pagninus, Montanus.
F20 Works, vol. 1. p. 6.
Unlock Deeper Insights: Get Over 20 Commentaries with Plus! Subscribe Now

Genesis 8:3 In-Context

1 Und Gott gedachte des Noah und alles Getieres und alles Viehes, das mit ihm in der Arche war; und Gott ließ einen Wind über die Erde fahren, und die Wasser sanken.
2 Und es wurden verschlossen die Quellen der Tiefe und die Fenster des Himmels, und dem Regen vom Himmel ward gewehrt.
3 Und die Wasser wichen von der Erde, fort und fort weichend; und die Wasser nahmen ab nach Verlauf von hundertfünfzig Tagen.
4 Und im siebten Monat, am siebzehnten Tage des Monats, ruhte die Arche auf dem Gebirge Ararat.
5 Und die Wasser nahmen fort und fort ab bis zum zehnten Monat; im zehnten Monat, am Ersten des Monats, wurden die Spitzen der Berge sichtbar.
The Elberfelder Bible is in the public domain.

Study Tools

PLUS

Unlock Notes

This feature is for PLUS subscribers only. Join PLUS today to access these tools and more.

JOIN PLUS

Unlock Highlights

This feature is for PLUS subscribers only. Join PLUS today to access these tools and more.

JOIN PLUS

Unlock Bookmarks

This feature is for PLUS subscribers only. Join PLUS today to access these tools and more.

JOIN PLUS

Track Your Reading

Create a free account to start a reading plan, or join PLUS to unlock our full suite of premium study tools.

Already have an account? Sign in