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Genesis 8:2-4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Genesis 8:2-4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 The fountains of the abyss and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the downpour from the sky was held back. 3 Gradually the waters receded from the earth. At the end of one hundred and fifty days, the waters had so diminished 4 that, in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.[a]
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- 8:4 The mountains of Ararat: the mountain country of ancient Arartu in northwest Iraq, which was the highest part of the world to the biblical writer. There is no Mount Ararat in the Bible.
Genesis 8:2-4
King James Version
Genesis 8:2-4
King James Version
2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
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Genesis 8:2-4
New King James Version
Genesis 8:2-4
New King James Version
2 (A)The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were also (B)stopped, and (C)the rain from heaven was restrained. 3 And the waters receded continually from the earth. At the end (D)of the hundred and fifty days the waters decreased. 4 Then the ark rested in the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.
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Genesis 8:2-4
New International Version
Genesis 8:2-4
New International Version
2 Now the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens(A) had been closed, and the rain(B) had stopped falling from the sky. 3 The water receded steadily from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days(C) the water had gone down, 4 and on the seventeenth day of the seventh month(D) the ark came to rest on the mountains(E) of Ararat.(F)
Genesis 8:2-4
English Standard Version
Genesis 8:2-4
English Standard Version
2 (A)The fountains of the deep and (B)the windows of the heavens were closed, the rain from the heavens was restrained, 3 and the waters receded from the earth continually. At the end (C)of 150 days the waters had abated, 4 and in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of (D)Ararat.
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