The Flood Subsides

But (A)God remembered Noah and all the animals and all the livestock that were with him in the ark; and (B)God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water subsided. Also (C)the fountains of the deep and the [a]floodgates of the sky were closed, and (D)the rain from the sky was restrained; and the water receded steadily from the earth, and at the end (E)of 150 days the water decreased. Then in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, (F)the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat. And the water decreased steadily until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains became visible.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 8:2 Or windows of the heavens

But God remembered(A) Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth,(B) and the waters receded. Now the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens(C) had been closed, and the rain(D) had stopped falling from the sky. The water receded steadily from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days(E) the water had gone down, and on the seventeenth day of the seventh month(F) the ark came to rest on the mountains(G) of Ararat.(H) 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.

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26 He *said to them, “Why are you [a]afraid, (A)you men of little faith?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and [b]it became perfectly calm.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 8:26 Or cowardly
  2. Matthew 8:26 Lit a great calm occurred

26 He replied, “You of little faith,(A) why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.(B)

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The Voice of the Lord in the Storm.

A Psalm of David.

29 (A)Ascribe to the Lord, [a]sons of the mighty,
Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
Ascribe to the Lord the glory [b]due His name;
Worship the Lord (B)in holy attire.

The (C)voice of the Lord is on the waters;
The God of glory (D)thunders,
The Lord is over [c](E)many waters.
The voice of the Lord is (F)powerful,
The voice of the Lord is majestic.
The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
Yes, the Lord breaks (G)the cedars of Lebanon in pieces.
He makes Lebanon (H)skip like a calf,
And (I)Sirion like a young wild ox.
The voice of the Lord divides [d]flames of fire.
The voice of the Lord [e]shakes the wilderness;
The Lord shakes the wilderness of (J)Kadesh.
The voice of the Lord makes (K)the deer give birth
And strips the forests bare;
And (L)in His temple everything says, “Glory!”

10 The Lord sat as King at the (M)flood;
Yes, the Lord sits as (N)King forever.
11 [f]The Lord will give (O)strength to His people;
[g]The Lord will bless His people with (P)peace.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 29:1 Lit sons of gods
  2. Psalm 29:2 Lit of His name
  3. Psalm 29:3 Or great
  4. Psalm 29:7 I.e., lightning
  5. Psalm 29:8 Or causes...to whirl
  6. Psalm 29:11 Or May the Lord give
  7. Psalm 29:11 Or May the Lord bless

Psalm 29

A psalm of David.

Ascribe to the Lord,(A) you heavenly beings,(B)
    ascribe to the Lord glory(C) and strength.
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
    worship the Lord in the splendor of his[a] holiness.(D)

The voice(E) of the Lord is over the waters;
    the God of glory(F) thunders,(G)
    the Lord thunders over the mighty waters.(H)
The voice of the Lord is powerful;(I)
    the voice of the Lord is majestic.
The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
    the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.(J)
He makes Lebanon leap(K) like a calf,
    Sirion[b](L) like a young wild ox.(M)
The voice of the Lord strikes
    with flashes of lightning.(N)
The voice of the Lord shakes the desert;
    the Lord shakes the Desert of Kadesh.(O)
The voice of the Lord twists the oaks[c](P)
    and strips the forests bare.
And in his temple all cry, “Glory!”(Q)

10 The Lord sits enthroned over the flood;(R)
    the Lord is enthroned as King forever.(S)
11 The Lord gives strength to his people;(T)
    the Lord blesses his people with peace.(U)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 29:2 Or Lord with the splendor of
  2. Psalm 29:6 That is, Mount Hermon
  3. Psalm 29:9 Or Lord makes the deer give birth

He (A)rebukes the sea and dries it up;
He dries up all the rivers.
(B)Bashan and Carmel wither,
The blossoms of Lebanon wither.

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He rebukes(A) the sea and dries it up;(B)
    he makes all the rivers run dry.
Bashan and Carmel(C) wither
    and the blossoms of Lebanon fade.

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Then it came about at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the (A)window of the ark which he had made;

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After forty days(A) Noah opened a window he had made in the ark

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The Coming of Christ

11 And I saw (A)heaven opened, and behold, a (B)white horse, and He who sat on it is called (C)Faithful and True, and in (D)righteousness He judges and wages war.

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The Heavenly Warrior Defeats the Beast

11 I saw heaven standing open(A) and there before me was a white horse, whose rider(B) is called Faithful and True.(C) With justice he judges and wages war.(D)

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Scene in Heaven

After (A)these things I looked, and behold, (B)a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, (C)like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, “(D)Come up here, and I will (E)show you what must take place after these things.”

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The Throne in Heaven

After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open(A) in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet(B) said, “Come up here,(C) and I will show you what must take place after this.”(D)

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Then it came about at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the (A)window of the ark which he had made; and he sent out a raven, and it [a]flew here and there until the water was dried up [b]from the earth. Then he sent out a [c]dove, to see if the water was low on the [d]surface of the land; but the dove found no resting place for the sole of its foot, so it returned to him in the ark, for the water was on the [e]surface of all the earth. Then he put out his hand and took it, and brought it into the ark to himself. 10 So he waited another seven days longer; and again he sent out the dove from the ark. 11 And the dove came to him in [f]the evening, and behold, in its [g]beak was a fresh olive leaf. So Noah knew that the water was low on the earth. 12 Then he waited another seven days longer, and sent out (B)the dove; but it did not return to him again.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 8:7 Lit went out, going and returning
  2. Genesis 8:7 Lit from upon
  3. Genesis 8:8 Lit dove from him
  4. Genesis 8:8 Lit face
  5. Genesis 8:9 Lit face
  6. Genesis 8:11 Lit the time of evening
  7. Genesis 8:11 Lit mouth

After forty days(A) Noah opened a window he had made in the ark and sent out a raven,(B) and it kept flying back and forth until the water had dried up from the earth.(C) Then he sent out a dove(D) to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground. But the dove could find nowhere to perch because there was water over all the surface of the earth; so it returned to Noah in the ark. He reached out his hand and took the dove and brought it back to himself in the ark. 10 He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark. 11 When the dove returned to him in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth.(E) 12 He waited seven more days and sent the dove out again, but this time it did not return to him.

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19 (A)And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. 20 (B)Of the birds according to their kind, and of the animals according to their kind, of every crawling thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive.

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19 You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.(A) 20 Two(B) of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind(C) of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive.(D)

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You shall take [a]with you [b]seven pairs of every (A)clean animal, a male and his female; and two of the animals that are not clean, a male and his female; also of the birds of the sky, [c]seven pairs, male and female, to keep their [d]offspring alive on the face of all the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 7:2 Lit to
  2. Genesis 7:2 Lit seven seven
  3. Genesis 7:3 Lit seven seven
  4. Genesis 7:3 Lit seed

Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean(A) animal, a male and its mate, and one pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate, and also seven pairs of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive(B) throughout the earth.

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Then he sent out a [a]dove, to see if the water was low on the [b]surface of the land;

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 8:8 Lit dove from him
  2. Genesis 8:8 Lit face

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

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The New Heaven and Earth

21 Then I saw (A)a new heaven and a new earth; for (B)the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea.

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A New Heaven and a New Earth

21 Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,”[a](A) for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away,(B) and there was no longer any sea.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 21:1 Isaiah 65:17

and he sent out a raven, and it [a]flew here and there until the water was dried up [b]from the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 8:7 Lit went out, going and returning
  2. Genesis 8:7 Lit from upon

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

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