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He sent a wind to blow across the earth, and the floodwaters began to recede. <a href="/esv/genesis/8.htm">English Standard Version</a> But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters subsided. <a href="/bsb/genesis/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside. <a href="/kjv/genesis/8.htm">King James Bible</a> And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged; <a href="/nkjv/genesis/8.htm">New King James Version</a> Then God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided. <a href="/nasb_/genesis/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> But God remembered Noah and all the animals and all the livestock that were with him in the ark; and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water subsided. <a href="/nasb/genesis/8.htm">NASB 1995</a> But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water subsided. <a href="/nasb77/genesis/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a> But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water subsided. <a href="/lsb/genesis/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water subsided. <a href="/amp/genesis/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a> And God remembered and thought kindly of Noah and every living thing and all the animals that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind blow over the land, and the waters receded. <a href="/csb/genesis/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> God remembered Noah, as well as all the wildlife and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water began to subside. <a href="/hcsb/genesis/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> God remembered Noah, as well as all the wildlife and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water began to subside. <a href="/asv/genesis/8.htm">American Standard Version</a> And God remembered Noah, and all the beasts, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged; <a href="/cev/genesis/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> God did not forget about Noah and the animals with him in the boat. So God made a wind blow, and the water started going down. <a href="/erv/genesis/8.htm">English Revised Version</a> And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged; <a href="/gwt/genesis/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> God remembered Noah and all the wild and domestic animals with him in the ship. So God made a wind blow over the earth, and the water started to go down. <a href="/gnt/genesis/8.htm">Good News Translation</a> God had not forgotten Noah and all the animals with him in the boat; he caused a wind to blow, and the water started going down. <a href="/isv/genesis/8.htm">International Standard Version</a> God kept Noah in mind, along with all the wildlife and livestock that were with him in the ark. God's Spirit moved throughout the earth, causing the flood waters to subside. <a href="/msb/genesis/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside. <a href="/net/genesis/8.htm">NET Bible</a> But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and domestic animals that were with him in the ark. God caused a wind to blow over the earth and the waters receded. <a href="/nheb/genesis/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> And God remembered Noah, and all the wild animals, and all the tame animals, and all the flying creatures, and all the crawling creatures that were with him in the vessel; and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters began to recede. <a href="/wbt/genesis/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And God remembered Noah, and every living animal, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters were checked. <a href="/web/genesis/8.htm">World English Bible</a> God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the livestock that were with him in the ship; and God made a wind to pass over the earth. The waters subsided. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/genesis/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And God remembers Noah, and every living thing, and all the livestock which [are] with him in the Ark, and God causes a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subside, <a href="/ylt/genesis/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And God remembereth Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle which are with him in the ark, and God causeth a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subside, <a href="/slt/genesis/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And God will remember Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that with him in the ark: and God will make a wind to pass over the earth and the waters will settle down.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/genesis/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And God remembered Noe, and all the living creatures, and all the cattle which were with him in the ark, and brought a wind upon the earth, and the waters were abated. <a href="/cpdv/genesis/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Then God remembered Noah, and all living things, and all the cattle, which were with him in the ark, and he brought a wind across the earth, and the waters were diminished. <a href="/nabre/genesis/8.htm">New American Bible</a> God remembered Noah and all the animals, wild and tame, that were with him in the ark. So God made a wind sweep over the earth, and the waters began to subside. <a href="/nrsvce/genesis/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and all the domestic animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters subsided;<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/genesis/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> AND God remembered Noah and every living thing and all the animals and all the fowls that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind to blow over the earth, and the waters became calm; <a href="/hpbt/genesis/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And God remembered Noah and all the animals and all the cattle and every bird that was with him in the ark, and God made the wind pass over upon the Earth, and the waters were calmed;<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/genesis/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged; <a href="/sep/genesis/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And God remembered Noe, and all the wild beasts, and all the cattle, and all the birds, and all the reptiles that creep, as many as were with him in the ark, and God brought a wind upon the earth, and the water stayed. <a href="/parallel/genesis/8-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=1648" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/genesis/8.htm">The Ark Rests on Ararat</a> 1<a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">But</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">God</a> <a href="/hebrew/2142.htm" title="2142: way·yiz·kōr (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- Remember. A primitive root; properly, to mark, i.e. To remember; by implication, to mention; also to be male.">remembered</a> <a href="/hebrew/5146.htm" title="5146: nō·aḥ (N-proper-ms) -- Rest, patriarch who survived the flood. The same as nuwach; rest; Noach, the patriarch of the flood.">Noah</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’êṯ (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and all</a> <a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="2416: ha·ḥay·yāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life. From chayah; alive; hence, raw; fresh, strong; also life, whether literally or figuratively.">the animals</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every."></a> <a href="/hebrew/929.htm" title="929: hab·bə·hê·māh (Art:: N-fs) -- A beast, animal, cattle. From an unused root; properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal.">livestock</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: ’it·tōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.">were with him</a> <a href="/hebrew/8392.htm" title="8392: bat·tê·ḇāh (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- A box, chest. Perhaps of foreign derivation; a box.">in the ark.</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">And God</a> <a href="/hebrew/7307.htm" title="7307: rū·aḥ (N-cs) -- Breath, wind, spirit. From ruwach; wind; by resemblance breath.">sent a wind</a> <a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: way·ya·‘ă·ḇêr (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">over</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the earth,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: ham·mā·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">and the waters</a> <a href="/hebrew/7918.htm" title="7918: way·yā·šōk·kū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To decrease, abate. A primitive root; to weave a trap; figuratively, to allay.">began to subside.</a> 2The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/2-24.htm">Exodus 2:24</a> So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. <a href="/exodus/14-21.htm">Exodus 14:21</a> Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided, <a href="/psalms/106-45.htm">Psalm 106:45</a> And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion. <a href="/psalms/136-23.htm">Psalm 136:23</a> He remembered us in our low estate His loving devotion endures forever. <a href="/isaiah/54-9.htm">Isaiah 54:9</a> “For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you. <a href="/jeremiah/31-20.htm">Jeremiah 31:20</a> Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD. <a href="/ezekiel/16-60.htm">Ezekiel 16:60</a> But I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you. <a href="/jonah/2-10.htm">Jonah 2:10</a> And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land. <a href="/luke/1-54.htm">Luke 1:54-55</a> He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful, / as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.” <a href="/luke/1-72.htm">Luke 1:72</a> to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant, <a href="/acts/7-34.htm">Acts 7:34</a> I have indeed seen the oppression of My people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’ <a href="/romans/8-28.htm">Romans 8:28</a> And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose. <a href="/2_corinthians/1-10.htm">2 Corinthians 1:10</a> He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us, <a href="/2_peter/2-5.htm">2 Peter 2:5</a> if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight; <a href="/hebrews/11-7.htm">Hebrews 11:7</a> By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged;God remembered.<a href="/genesis/19-29.htm">Genesis 19:29</a> And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.<a href="/genesis/30-22.htm">Genesis 30:22</a> And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.<a href="/exodus/2-24.htm">Exodus 2:24</a> And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.the cattle.<a href="/numbers/22-32.htm">Numbers 22:32</a> And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:<a href="/psalms/36-6.htm">Psalm 36:6</a> Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.<a href="/jonah/4-11.htm">Jonah 4:11</a> And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?a wind.<a href="/exodus/14-21.htm">Exodus 14:21</a> And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.<a href="/psalms/104-7.htm">Psalm 104:7-9</a> At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away… <a href="/proverbs/25-23.htm">Proverbs 25:23</a> The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/7-21.htm">Animal</a> <a href="/genesis/7-21.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/genesis/7-18.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/job/16-6.htm">Assuaged</a> <a href="/genesis/7-21.htm">Beasts</a> <a href="/genesis/4-23.htm">Blow</a> <a href="/genesis/7-23.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/genesis/3-13.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/genesis/3-24.htm">Causeth</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-16.htm">Checked</a> <a href="/genesis/7-24.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/genesis/7-17.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/genesis/7-23.htm">Livestock</a> <a href="/genesis/7-23.htm">Noah</a> <a href="/revelation/6-14.htm">Receded</a> <a href="/revelation/18-5.htm">Remembered</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/7-15.htm">Remembereth</a> <a href="/genesis/7-23.htm">Ship</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-17.htm">Subside</a> <a href="/luke/8-24.htm">Subsided</a> <a href="/genesis/7-24.htm">Water</a> <a href="/genesis/7-24.htm">Waters</a> <a href="/genesis/3-8.htm">Wind</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/8-19.htm">Animal</a> <a href="/genesis/8-17.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/genesis/8-4.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/esther/2-1.htm">Assuaged</a> <a href="/genesis/9-2.htm">Beasts</a> <a href="/genesis/32-25.htm">Blow</a> <a href="/genesis/8-16.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/genesis/8-20.htm">Causeth</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-5.htm">Checked</a> <a href="/genesis/8-3.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/genesis/8-7.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/genesis/8-17.htm">Livestock</a> <a href="/genesis/8-6.htm">Noah</a> <a href="/genesis/8-3.htm">Receded</a> <a href="/genesis/9-15.htm">Remembered</a> <a href="/genesis/19-29.htm">Remembereth</a> <a href="/genesis/8-4.htm">Ship</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-13.htm">Subside</a> <a href="/genesis/8-8.htm">Subsided</a> <a href="/genesis/8-3.htm">Water</a> <a href="/genesis/8-3.htm">Waters</a> <a href="/genesis/41-6.htm">Wind</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 8</div>1. <a href="/genesis/8-1.htm">God remembers Noah and calms the waters.</a> 4. <a href="/genesis/8-4.htm">The ark rests on Ararat.</a> 6. <a href="/genesis/8-6.htm">Noah sends forth a raven and then a dove.</a> 13. <a href="/genesis/8-13.htm">Noah, being commanded, goes forth from the ark.</a> 20. <a href="/genesis/8-20.htm">He builds an altar, and offers sacrifices,</a> 21. <a href="/genesis/8-21.htm">which God accepts, and promises to curse the earth no more.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/8.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/8.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>But God remembered Noah This phrase signifies God's faithfulness and covenantal relationship with Noah. In biblical terms, "remembering" often implies action on behalf of someone. Here, it indicates God's intention to fulfill His promise to Noah. This is reminiscent of God's covenantal faithfulness seen throughout Scripture, such as His remembrance of the Israelites in Egypt (<a href="/exodus/2-24.htm">Exodus 2:24</a>). It underscores the theme of divine providence and care.and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. This highlights God's concern for all creation, not just humanity. The inclusion of animals in God's remembrance reflects the Genesis mandate where humans are stewards of creation (<a href="/genesis/1-28.htm">Genesis 1:28</a>). It also prefigures the eschatological vision where all creation is renewed (<a href="/romans/8-19.htm">Romans 8:19-21</a>). The ark serves as a microcosm of God's redemptive plan for the entire world.And God sent a wind over the earth, The sending of a wind is reminiscent of the Spirit of God hovering over the waters in <a href="/genesis/1-2.htm">Genesis 1:2</a>. The Hebrew word for "wind" (ruach) can also mean "spirit," suggesting a divine act of re-creation. This parallels the new beginnings after the flood, akin to the original creation. It also foreshadows the Holy Spirit's role in regeneration and renewal in the New Testament (<a href="/john/3-8.htm">John 3:8</a>).and the waters began to subside. The subsiding waters mark the transition from judgment to restoration. This mirrors the theme of salvation through judgment, a recurring motif in Scripture. The receding waters symbolize the end of God's wrath and the beginning of a new covenant with Noah, which is a type of the ultimate salvation through Christ. The flood narrative as a whole prefigures baptism, where believers pass from death to life (<a href="/1_peter/3-20.htm">1 Peter 3:20-21</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The sovereign Creator who remembers Noah and initiates the process of restoration after the flood. 2. <a href="/topical/n/noah.htm">Noah</a> The righteous man chosen by God to survive the flood and repopulate the earth. 3. <a href="/topical/a/animals_and_livestock.htm">Animals and Livestock</a> The creatures preserved in the ark, representing God's care for all His creation. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_ark.htm">The Ark</a> The vessel of salvation that carried Noah, his family, and the animals through the flood. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_wind.htm">The Wind</a> The instrument used by God to begin the recession of the floodwaters, symbolizing His control over nature.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a> God remembers His promises and His people. Just as He remembered Noah, He remembers us in our times of need. <a href="/topical/d/divine_timing.htm">Divine Timing</a> God's timing is perfect. The floodwaters receded according to His plan, teaching us patience and trust in His timing. <a href="/topical/n/new_beginnings.htm">New Beginnings</a> The subsiding waters symbolize a fresh start. In Christ, we are offered new beginnings and the opportunity to walk in newness of life. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_creation.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Creation</a> The wind sent by God demonstrates His control over nature, reminding us of His power and authority in our lives. <a href="/topical/s/stewardship_of_creation.htm">Stewardship of Creation</a> Noah's care for the animals reflects our responsibility to steward God's creation with care and respect.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 8</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'god_remembered'_mean.htm">What does "God remembered" signify in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/what_do_birds_symbolize_in_noah's_story.htm">What do the birds symbolize in Noah's flood story?</a> <a href="/q/how_do_sola_and_solo_scriptura_differ.htm">What was the duration of Noah's time on the ark?</a> <a href="/q/do_i_remember_you_fondly_every_time.htm">Do I remember you fondly every time?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>VIII.(1) God.--Elohim. On the Jehovistic theory, one would have expected Jehovah here. (See Excursus.)Every living thing.--See Note on <a href="/genesis/7-14.htm" title="They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.">Genesis 7:14</a>.The waters asswaged.--Heb., became still. It is plain from this that the "strength" of the waters, described in <a href="/genesis/7-24.htm" title="And the waters prevailed on the earth an hundred and fifty days.">Genesis 7:24</a>, has reference to the violent currents, which still existed up to the end of the one hundred and fiftieth day, after which they ceased.A wind (comp. the creative wind in <a href="/genesis/1-2.htm" title="And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters.">Genesis 1:2</a>) began to blow as soon as the rains ceased, or even before, as must necessarily have been the case with so vast a disturbance of the atmosphere; but its special purpose of assuaging the waters only began when the downpour was over. This wind would affect the course of the ark, but scarcely so strongly as the currents of the water.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 1. - And God. Elohim, i.e. God in his most universal relation to his creatures. The supposition of two different accounts or histories being intermingled in the narrative of the Flood (Bleek, Eichhorn, Hupfeld, Kalisch, Alford, Coleuso) is not required for a sufficient explanation of the varying use of the Divine names. Remembered. From a root signifying to prick, pierce, or print, e.g., upon the memory; hence to remember. "Not that there is oblivion or forgetfulness with God, but then God is said to remember when he showeth by the effects that he hath taken care of man" (Willet). He remembers man's sins when he punishes them (<a href="/psalms/25-7.htm">Psalm 25:7</a>; cf. <a href="/1_kings/17-20.htm">1 Kings 17:20</a>), and his people's needs when he supplies them (cf. <a href="/nehemiah/5-19.htm">Nehemiah 5:19</a>). The expression is an anthropopathism designed to indicate the Divine compassion as well as grace. Calvin thinks the remembrance of which Moses speaks "ought to be referred not only to the external aspect of things (i.e. the coming deliverance), but also to the inward feeling of the holy man," who, through grace, was privileged to enjoy "some sensible experience of the Divine presence" while immured in the ark. Noah, - cf. the Divine remembrance of Abraham and Lot (<a href="/genesis/19-29.htm">Genesis 19:29</a>), the request of the Hebrew psalmist (<a href="/psalms/132-1.htm">Psalm 132:1</a>) - and every living thing, - chayyah, or wild beast (vide <a href="/genesis/1-25.htm">Genesis 1:25</a>; <a href="/genesis/7-14.htm">Genesis 7:14</a>) - and all the cattle that was with him in the ark. A touching indication of the tenderness of God towards his creatures (cf. <a href="/deuteronomy/25-4.htm">Deuteronomy 25:4</a>; <a href="/isaiah/36-6.htm">Isaiah 36:6</a>; 145:9, 15, 16; <a href="/jonah/4-11.htm">Jonah 4:11</a>). As a proof that God remembered the lonely inmates of the ark, he at once takes steps to accomplish their deliverance, which steps are next enumerated. And God made a wind - ruach. Not the Holy Ghost, as in <a href="/genesis/1-2.htm">Genesis 1:2</a> (Theodoret, Ambrose, LXX. - πνεῦμα), nor the heat of the sun (Rupertus); but a current of air (ἄνεμος), which "would promote evaporation and aid the retreat of the waters" (Murphy): - the ordinary method of driving away rain and drying the ground (vide <a href="/proverbs/25-23.htm">Proverbs 25:23</a>); the special instrumentality employed to divide the waters of the Red Sea (<a href="/exodus/14-21.htm">Exodus 14:21</a>) - to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged, or began to grow calm, after a period of commotion (cf. <a href="/esther/2-1.htm">Esther 2:1</a>; <a href="/esther/7-10.htm">Esther 7:10</a>) - the first stage in the returning of the waters. Καὶ εκόπασε τὸ ὕδωρ, and the water grew tried (LXX.). Cf. ἐκόπασεν ὁ ἄνεμος, <a href="/matthew/14-32.htm">Matthew 14:32</a>; <a href="/mark/4-39.htm">Mark 4:39</a>; <a href="/mark/6-51.htm">Mark 6:51</a>. <a href="/commentaries/genesis/8-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>But אֶת־ (’eṯ-) Direct object marker <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case God אֱלֹהִים֙ (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative remembered וַיִּזְכֹּ֤ר (way·yiz·kōr) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2142.htm">Strong's 2142: </a> To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male Noah נֹ֔חַ (nō·aḥ) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5146.htm">Strong's 5146: </a> Noah -- 'rest', patriarch who survived the flood and all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the animals הַֽחַיָּה֙ (ha·ḥay·yāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2416.htm">Strong's 2416: </a> Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life and וְאֶת־ (wə·’eṯ-) Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case livestock הַבְּהֵמָ֔ה (hab·bə·hê·māh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_929.htm">Strong's 929: </a> A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal that אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that were with אִתּ֖וֹ (’it·tōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_854.htm">Strong's 854: </a> Nearness, near, with, by, at, among him in the ark. בַּתֵּבָ֑ה (bat·tê·ḇāh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8392.htm">Strong's 8392: </a> A box, chest And [He] אֱלֹהִ֥ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative sent a wind ר֙וּחַ֙ (rū·aḥ) Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7307.htm">Strong's 7307: </a> Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit over עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the earth, הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land and the waters הַמָּֽיִם׃ (ham·mā·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> Water, juice, urine, semen began to subside. וַיָּשֹׁ֖כּוּ (way·yā·šōk·kū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7918.htm">Strong's 7918: </a> To weave, a trap, to allay <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/8-1.htm">Genesis 8:1 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/genesis/8-1.htm">Genesis 8:1 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/genesis/8-1.htm">Genesis 8:1 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/genesis/8-1.htm">Genesis 8:1 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/genesis/8-1.htm">Genesis 8:1 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/8-1.htm">Genesis 8:1 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/8-1.htm">Genesis 8:1 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/8-1.htm">Genesis 8:1 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/8-1.htm">Genesis 8:1 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/genesis/8-1.htm">Genesis 8:1 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/genesis/8-1.htm">OT Law: Genesis 8:1 God remembered Noah all the animals (Gen. 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