Genesis 8:6

6 After forty days Noah opened a window he had made in the ark

Genesis 8:6 in Other Translations

6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:

6 At the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made

6 After another forty days, Noah opened the window he had made in the boat

6 After forty days Noah opened the window that he had built into the ship.

6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:

6 After 40 more days Noah opened the window he had made in the ship

6 After 40 days Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made,

6 After 40 days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark.

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 on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

5 The waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.

6 After forty days Noah opened a window he had made in the ark

7 and sent out a raven, and it kept flying back and forth until the water had dried up from the earth.

8 Then he sent out a dove to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground.

Cross References

• 1. Genesis 7:12