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Genesis 8:13-14

And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

Noah removed the covering - probably only as much of it as would afford him a prospect of the earth around. Yet for about two months he never stirred from his appointed abode until he had received the express permission of God. We should watch the leading of Providence to direct us in every step of the journey of life.

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See also Genesis 8:13-14 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    - 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,

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 8 Noah Remembered _ 1. Noah remembered (Genesis 8:1)_ 2. The ark resting (Genesis 8:4) 3. The raven sent forth (Genesis 8:6) 4. The sending forth of the dove ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    The mention of the rain (Genesis 8:2_ b_) comes from J, and since Genesis 8:3_ b_ with its dating belongs to P, Genesis 8:3_ a_ may be assigned to J. With Genesis

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SIX HUNDREDTH AND FIRST YEAR: i.e. of Noah's life. THE FIRST MONTH, THE FIRST DAY. Six such important dates in Bible: (1) Here, the drying up of the waters (Genesis 8:13); (2) The setting up of Tabern...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    IN THE SIX HUNDREDTH AND FIRST YEAR— i.e.. Of Noah's life: _in the first month and first day of the month_ of the year, the waters were dried up; so that, as the flood began on the seventeenth day of...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PART TWENTY-TWO: THE WORLD AFTER THE FLOOD (Genesis 8:1-22; Genesis 9:1-29) 1. _The Subsidence of the Flood_ (Genesis 8:1-14). And God remembered Noah, and all the beasts, and all the cattle

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 8 THE FLOOD ENDS V1 But God remembered Noah. And God remembered all the animals that were with Noah in the *ark. And God made a wind blow over th...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH. — It will be plain to any one studying the following table that this was exactly one month after the day on which Noah, for the third time, sent out the dove (Genesis 8:12)...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַֽ֠ יְהִי בְּ אַחַ֨ת וְ שֵׁשׁ ־מֵאֹ֜ות

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE FLOOD Genesis 5:1; Genesis 6:1; Genesis 7:1; Genesis 8:1; Genesi

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Upborne on the billows of judgment, the Ark rode securely, holding within it the nucleus of a new departure in human history. When the work of judgment was fully accomplished, the waters decreased, an...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first [month], the first [day] of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The waters asswage. 4 The Arke resteth on Ararat. 7 The rauen and the doue. 15 Noah, being commanded, 18 goeth forth of the Arke. 20 He buildeth an Altar, and offereth sacrifice, 21 which God...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Noah Leaves the Ark...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    The words _month_ and _day_ are ofttimes, for brevity sake, omitted by the Hebrews, as being easily understood. Thus _the first of the feast,_ MATTHEW 26:17, is _the first day of the feast, _ MARK 14:...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Genesis 8:13 six H8337 hundred H3967 year H8141 first H7223 first H259 month H2320 waters H4325 up H2717 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    FIRST MONTH That is, April....

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Waters receding, exit from the ark. Noah's altar. CHARACTERS: Noah and family. CONCLUSION: When judgment days are past, the believer will find himself safely landed in a better world. KEY...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Genesis 8:3. _The waters returned from off the earth continually._ The Hebrew, חלוךְ ושׁוב _cha-loveck ve-shou._ Montanus renders _eundo et redeundo,_ the going and coming of the waters. The word is u...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Noah removed the covering of the ark_ NOAH’S FIRST CONSCIOUSNESS OF SAFETY AFTER THE DELUGE I. He would probably be impressed with the GREATNESS OF THE CALAMITY HE HAD ESCAPED. The roaring waters h...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Genesis 8:13_ MAN’S GOING FORTH AFTER THE JUDGMENTS OF GOD I. That he goes forth upon the Divine command. “And God spake unto Noah, saying, go forth of the ark, t...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Noah removed the covering of the ark — Not the whole covering, but so much as would suffice to give him a prospect of the earth about it: and behold the face of the ground was dry....

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