the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Genesis 8:2
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The fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, the rain from the heavens was restrained,
the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
The underground springs stopped flowing, and the clouds in the sky stopped pouring down rain.
The fountains of the deep and the floodgates of heaven were closed, and the rain stopped falling from the sky.
The fountains also of the deep, and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
The deep's fountains and the sky's windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained.
Also the fountains of the deep [subterranean waters] and the windows of the heavens were closed, the [pouring] rain from the sky was restrained,
And watris weren decreessid, and the wellis of the see weren closid, and the wyndowis of heuene weren closid, and reynes of heuene weren ceessid.
and closed are the fountains of the deep and the net-work of the heavens, and restrained is the shower from the heavens.
The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.
God stopped up the places where the water had been gushing out from under the earth. He also closed up the sky, and the rain stopped.
Also the fountains of the deep and the windows of the sky were stopped, the rain from the sky was restrained,
the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were shut, and the rain from heaven was stopped.
The fountaynes also of the deepe, and the windowes of heauen were stopped, and the rayne from heauen was restrayned.
And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were closed, and the pour of rain from heaven was stopped.
Rain stopped falling from the sky, and water stopped flowing from under the earth.
the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.
The fountaines also of the deepe, and the windowes of heauen were stopped, and the raine from heauen was restrained.
The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
Also the wells of water under the earth and the windows of the heavens were shut. And it stopped raining.
the fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, the rain from the heavens was restrained,
and the fountains of the roaring-deep were shut, and the windows of the heavens, - and the heavy rain was restrained from the heavens;
The fountaines also of the deepe and the windowes of heauen were stopped and the raine from heauen was restrained,
The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained;
The outlets of the water beneath the earth and the floodgates of the sky were closed. The rain stopped,
The fountains also of the deep, and the floodgates of heaven, were shut up, and the rain from heaven was restrained.
the fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, the rain from the heavens was restrained,
And the fountains of the deep were closed up, and the flood-gates of heaven, and the rain from heaven was withheld.
the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
The sources of the watery depths and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky stopped.
The deep's fountains and the sky's windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained.
And the fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the heavens was restrained.
And the fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were stopped, and the rain from the heavens was restrained.
and the fountaynes of the depe and the wyndowes of heauen were stopte, and the rayne of heaue was forbydden,
The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were also stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.
The underground waters stopped flowing, and the torrential rains from the sky were stopped.
Also the fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained;
Also the fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained;
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
fountains: Genesis 7:11, Proverbs 8:28, Jonah 2:3
the rain: Job 37:11-13, Job 38:37, Matthew 8:9, Matthew 8:26, Matthew 8:27
Reciprocal: Job 12:15 - Behold Psalms 29:10 - sitteth
Cross-References
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened.
And the dove came to him in the evening, and behold, in its beak was a fresh olive leaf. So Noah knew that the water was low on the earth.
Now it came about in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first of the month, that the water was dried up from the earth. Then Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the surface of the ground had dried up.
"Who can count the clouds by wisdom, And pour out the water jars of the heavens,
When He made firm the skies above, When the springs of the deep became fixed,
"For You threw me into the deep, Into the heart of the seas, And the current flowed around me. All Your breakers and waves passed over me.
"For I also am a man under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, 'Go!' and he goes, and to another, 'Come!' and he comes, and to my slave, 'Do this!' and he does it."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The fountains also of the deep, and the windows of heaven, were stopped,.... The passages which let out the subterraneous waters in great quantity upon the earth, and the clouds of heaven, which poured down water upon it like spouts, were stopped from sending forth any more, as they had from the first of the flood unto one hundred and fifty days from thence: Jarchi observes, that it is not said that "all" the fountains of the deep, as when they were broken up, Genesis 7:11 because some of them were left open for the use and benefit of the world; besides, some must be left for the return of the waters:
and the rain from heaven was restrained: which seems to confirm what has been before observed, that after the rain of forty days and nights it ceased not to rain, more or less, though not so vehemently, until the end of an hundred and fifty days, and then it entirely ceased.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
- The Land Was Dried
1. שׁכך shākak “stoop, assuage.”
3. חסר chāsar “want, fail, be abated.”
4. אררט 'ărārāṭ, “Ararat,” a land forming part of Armenia. It is mentioned in 2 Kings 19:37, and Isaiah 37:38, as the retreat of Adrammelek and Sharezer after the murder of their father; and in Jeremiah 51:27 as a kingdom.
8. קלל qālal, “be light, lightened, lightly esteemed, swift.”
10. חוּל chûl, “twist, turn, dance, writhe, tremble, be strong, wait.” יהל yāchal “remain, wait, hope.”
13. חרב chāreb, “be drained, desolated, amazed.”
Genesis 8:1-3
The waters commence their retreat. “And God remembered Noah.” He is said to remember him when he takes any step to deliver him from the waters. The several steps to this end are enumerated.
A wind. - This would promote evaporation, and otherwise aid the retreat of the waters. “The fountains of the deep and the windows of the skies were shut.” The incessant and violent showers had continued for six weeks. It is probable the weather remained turbid and moist for some time longer. In the sixth month, however, the rain probably ceased altogether. Some time before this, the depressing of the ground had reached its lowest point, and the upheaving had set in. This is the main cause of the reflux of the waters. All this is described, as we perceive, according to appearance. It is probable that the former configuration of the surface was not exactly restored. At all events it is not necessary, as the ark may have drifted a considerable space in a hundred and fifty days. Some of the old ground on which primeval man had trodden may have become a permanent water bed, and a like amount of new land may have risen to the light in another place. Hence, it is vain to seek for a spot retaining the precise conditions of the primitive Eden. The Euphrates and Tigris may substantially remain, but the Pishon and Gihon may have considerably changed. The Black Sea, the Caspian, the lakes Van and Urumiah may cover portions of the Adamic land. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the prevalence of the waters begins to turn into a positive retreat.
Genesis 8:4-5
The ark rested. - It is stranded on some hill in Ararat. This country forms part of Armenia. As the drying wind most probably came from the east or north, it is likely that the ark was drifted toward Asia Minor, and caught land on some hill in the reaches of the Euphrates. It cannot be supposed that it rested on either of the peaks now called Ararat, as Ararat was a country, not a mountain, and these peaks do not seem suitable for the purpose. The seventh month began usually with the new moon nearest the vernal equinox, or the 21st of March. “The tenth month.” The waters ceased to prevail on the first of the ninth month. The ark, though grounded six weeks before, was still deep in the waters. The tops of the hills began to appear a month after. The subsiding of the waters seems to have been very slow.
Genesis 8:6-12
The raven and the dove are sent out to bring tidings of the external world. “Forty days.” Before Noah made any experiment he seems to have allowed the lapse of forty days to undo the remaining effect of the forty days’ rain. “The window.” He seems to have been unable to take any definite observations through the aperture here called a window. The raven found carrion in abundance, floated probably on the waters, and did not need to return. This was such a token of the state of things as Noah might expect from such a messenger. He next sends the dove, who returns to him. “Yet other seven days.” This intimates that he stayed seven days also after the raven was sent out. The olive leaf plucked off was a sign of returning safety to the land. It is said by Theophrastus (Hist. Plant. 4, 7) and Pliny (H. N. 13, 50) that the olive strikes leaves even under water. From this event, the olive branch became the symbol of peace, and the dove the emblem of the Comforter, the messenger of peace. After seven other days, the dove being despatched, returns no more. The number seven figures very conspicuously in this narrative. Seven days before the showers commence the command to enter the ark is given; and at intervals of seven days the winged messengers are sent out. These intervals point evidently to the period of seven days, determined by the six days of creation and the seventh day of rest. The clean beasts also and the birds are admitted into the ark by seven pairs. This points to the sacredness associated with the number arising from the hallowed character of the seventh day. The number forty also, the product of four, the number of the world or universe, and ten the number of completeness, begins here to be employed for a complete period in which a process will have run its course.
Genesis 8:13-14
Noah delays apparently another month, and, on the first day of the new year, ventures to remove the covering of the ark and look around. The date of the complete drying of the land is then given. The interval from the entrance to the exit consists of the following periods:
| Rain continued | 40 days |
| Waters prevailed | 150 days |
| Waters subside | 99 days |
| Noah delays | 40 days |
| Sending of the raven and the dove | 20 days |
| Another month | 29 days |
| Interval until the 27th of the 2nd month | 57 days |
| Sum-total of days | 365 days |
Hence, it appears that the interval was a lunar year of three hundred and fifty-six days nearly, and ten days; that is, as nearly as possible, a solar year. This passage is important on account of the divisions of time which it brings out at this early epoch. The week of seven days is plainly intimated. The lunar month and year are evidently known. It is remarkable that the ten additional days bring up the lunar year in whole numbers to the solar. It seems a tacit agreement with the real order of nature. According to the Hebrew text, the deluge commenced in the 1656th year of the race of man. According to all texts it occurred in the time of Noah, the ninth in descent from Adam.
