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href="/bsb/genesis/8.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/genesis/8.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />After forty days Noah opened a window he had made in the ark<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/8.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />After another forty days, Noah opened the window he had made in the boat<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/8.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />At the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />After forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So it came to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then it came about at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then it came about at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then it came about at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then it happened at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />At the end of [another] forty days Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />After forty days Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />After 40 days Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />After 40 more days Noah opened the window he had made in the ship<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />After forty days Noah opened a window <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />After 40 days, Noah opened the window of the ark that he had built <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />After forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window he had made in the ark<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />It happened at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the vessel which he had made,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the ship which he had made, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And it comes to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah opens the window of the Ark which he made,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And it cometh to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah openeth the window of the ark which he made,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And it shall be from the end of forty days Noah shall open the window of the ark which he made.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And after that forty days were passed, Noe, opening the window of the ark which he had made, sent forth a raven: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And when forty days had passed, Noah, opening the window that he had made in the ark, sent forth a raven,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />At the end of forty days Noah opened the hatch of the ark that he had made,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />At the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And it came to pass at the end of forty days that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And it was after forty days, Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made:<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And it came to pass after forty days Noe opened the window of the ark which he had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/8-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=1690" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/8.htm">Noah Sends a Raven and a Dove</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: way·hî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7093.htm" title="7093: miq·qêṣ (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- End. Contracted from qatsats; an extremity; adverbially after.">After</a> <a href="/hebrew/705.htm" title="705: ’ar·bā·‘îm (Number-cp) -- Forty. Multiple of arba'; forty.">forty</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yō·wm (N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">days</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: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6605.htm" title="6605: way·yip̄·taḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve. A primitive root; to open wide; specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve.">opened</a> <a href="/hebrew/2474.htm" title="2474: ḥal·lō·wn (N-csc) -- A window. A window.">the window</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."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">he had made</a> <a href="/hebrew/8392.htm" title="8392: hat·tê·ḇāh (Art:: N-fs) -- A box, chest. Perhaps of foreign derivation; a box.">in the ark</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>and sent out a raven. It kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/7-4.htm">Genesis 7:4</a></span><br />For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/7-10.htm">Genesis 7:10-12</a></span><br />And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth. / In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened. / And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/7-17.htm">Genesis 7:17-18</a></span><br />For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth. / So the waters continued to surge and rise greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/7-24.htm">Genesis 7:24</a></span><br />And the waters prevailed upon the earth for 150 days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/6-17.htm">Genesis 6:17</a></span><br />And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/9-11.htm">Genesis 9:11</a></span><br />And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/14-21.htm">Exodus 14:21-22</a></span><br />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, / and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/15-8.htm">Exodus 15:8</a></span><br />At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/104-6.htm">Psalm 104:6-9</a></span><br />You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. / At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away— / the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them— ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-9.htm">Isaiah 54:9</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-37.htm">Matthew 24:37-39</a></span><br />As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. / For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. / And they were oblivious until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/17-26.htm">Luke 17:26-27</a></span><br />Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man: / People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-7.htm">Hebrews 11:7</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/3-20.htm">1 Peter 3:20</a></span><br />who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-5.htm">2 Peter 2:5</a></span><br />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;</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:</p><p class="hdg">opened the window.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/6-16.htm">Genesis 6:16</a></b></br> A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; <i>with</i> lower, second, and third <i>stories</i> shalt thou make it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/6-10.htm">Daniel 6:10</a></b></br> Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/8-4.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/genesis/8-3.htm">End</a> <a href="/genesis/7-17.htm">Forty</a> <a href="/genesis/8-1.htm">Noah</a> <a href="/genesis/7-11.htm">Open</a> <a href="/genesis/7-11.htm">Opened</a> <a href="/revelation/8-1.htm">Openeth</a> <a href="/genesis/8-4.htm">Ship</a> <a href="/genesis/6-16.htm">Window</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/8-9.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/genesis/8-22.htm">End</a> <a href="/genesis/18-28.htm">Forty</a> <a href="/genesis/8-7.htm">Noah</a> <a href="/genesis/15-5.htm">Open</a> <a href="/genesis/21-19.htm">Opened</a> <a href="/genesis/21-19.htm">Openeth</a> <a href="/genesis/8-9.htm">Ship</a> <a href="/genesis/26-8.htm">Window</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 8</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/8-1.htm">God remembers Noah and calms the waters.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/8-4.htm">The ark rests on Ararat.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/8-6.htm">Noah sends forth a raven and then a dove.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/8-13.htm">Noah, being commanded, goes forth from the ark.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/8-20.htm">He builds an altar, and offers sacrifices,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/8-21.htm">which God accepts, and promises to curse the earth no more.</a></span><br></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><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <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> <br /><br /> </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><b>After forty days</b><br>The period of forty days is significant throughout the Bible, often symbolizing a period of testing, trial, or judgment. For example, Moses spent forty days on Mount Sinai (<a href="/exodus/24-18.htm">Exodus 24:18</a>), the Israelites wandered for forty years in the desert (<a href="/numbers/14-33.htm">Numbers 14:33-34</a>), and Jesus fasted for forty days in the wilderness (<a href="/matthew/4-2.htm">Matthew 4:2</a>). In this context, the forty days follow the cessation of the rain, marking a time of waiting and preparation for the next phase of God's plan for Noah and his family.<p><b>Noah opened the window</b><br>The act of opening the window signifies a transition from confinement to exploration and renewal. The window, likely a small opening for ventilation and light, becomes a means for Noah to assess the world outside. This action reflects a step of faith and obedience, as Noah seeks to understand God's timing for leaving the ark. The window also symbolizes hope and the anticipation of a new beginning after the judgment of the flood.<p><b>he had made in the ark</b><br>The phrase emphasizes Noah's role in the construction of the ark, highlighting his obedience to God's instructions (<a href="/genesis/6-14.htm">Genesis 6:14-16</a>). The ark itself is a type of Christ, providing salvation and refuge from judgment. Just as Noah followed God's detailed plans for the ark, believers are called to follow Christ, who is the ultimate provision for salvation. The ark's construction and Noah's actions demonstrate the importance of faith and obedience in the face of divine judgment and deliverance.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/n/noah.htm">Noah</a></b><br>A righteous man chosen by God to survive the flood and preserve life on earth. He is obedient and faithful, following God's instructions to build the ark.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_ark.htm">The Ark</a></b><br>A large vessel constructed by Noah under God's guidance to save his family and pairs of every living creature from the floodwaters.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_flood.htm">The Flood</a></b><br>A divine judgment sent by God to cleanse the earth of its widespread wickedness, sparing only Noah, his family, and the animals on the ark.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_window.htm">The Window</a></b><br>An opening in the ark that Noah uses to observe the receding floodwaters and eventually release birds to check for dry land.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/f/forty_days.htm">Forty Days</a></b><br>A significant period in biblical accounts, often associated with testing, judgment, and renewal.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_and_faithfulness.htm">Obedience and Faithfulness</a></b><br>Noah's actions demonstrate the importance of obedience to God's commands, even when the outcome is uncertain. Believers are encouraged to trust in God's plan and timing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/patience_in_waiting.htm">Patience in Waiting</a></b><br>The forty days Noah waited before opening the window teaches us about patience and the importance of waiting on God's timing for deliverance and new beginnings.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_and_renewal.htm">Hope and Renewal</a></b><br>The act of opening the window symbolizes hope and the anticipation of renewal. In our lives, we should look for signs of God's renewal and be ready to embrace new opportunities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_timing.htm">Divine Timing</a></b><br>God's timing is perfect, and His plans unfold according to His divine schedule. We are reminded to align our expectations with His timing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/stewardship_and_responsibility.htm">Stewardship and Responsibility</a></b><br>Noah's care for the ark and its inhabitants highlights the responsibility we have to steward God's creation and care for those entrusted to us.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 8</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_were_jesus'_closest_disciples.htm">What was Noah's place of residence?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_noah's_ark_discovery_confirmed.htm">Is Noah's Ark discovery confirmed?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_flood_tale_in_gilgamesh.htm">What is the flood story in the Epic of Gilgamesh?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_do_birds_symbolize_in_noah's_story.htm">What do the birds symbolize in Noah's flood story?</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>(6) <span class= "bld">Noah opened the window.</span>--Not the <span class= "ital">zohar </span>of <a href="/genesis/6-16.htm" title="A window shall you make to the ark, and in a cubit shall you finish it above; and the door of the ark shall you set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shall you make it.">Genesis 6:16</a>, but an aperture. He had waited forty days after seeing the heights around him rising clearly into the air, and then, impatient of the slow subsidence of the waters, Noah at last sent forth a raven to bring him some news of the state of the earth. This bird was chosen as one strong of flight, and also, perhaps, because anciently regarded as prophetic of the weather; besides this, it is easily tamed, and as Noah retained its mate he had security for its return. And so it seems to have done, for it is described as going "forth to and fro." Each night it returned to the ark, and probably to its old perch near the female. The <span class= "ital">Chaldean Genesis </span>agrees with many commentators and the ancient versions in supposing that the raven did not return, finding abundant food in the floating dead bodies (<span class= "ital">Chaldean Genesis, </span>p. 286); but this is contrary to the Hebrew. The versions must have had a negative in their copies, and have read, "which went forth, going, and not returning." The present Hebrew text is, however, consistent with itself; for it adds, "until the waters," &c. This must mean that as soon as the earth was dry this going to and fro ceased.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 6, 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And it came to pass</span>, literally, <span class="accented">it</span> was - <span class="cmt_word">at the end of forty days.</span> Delaying through combined fear and sorrow on account of the Divine judgment (Calvin); to allow sufficient space to undo the effect of the forty days' rain (Murphy); probably just to be assured that the Deluge would not return. <span class="cmt_word">That Noah opened the window</span> - <span class="accented">chalon</span>, a window, "so called from being perforated, from <span class="accented">chalal</span>, to bore or pierce" (Gesenius); used of the window of Rahab's house (<a href="/joshua/2-18.htm">Joshua 2:18</a>); not the window (<span class="accented">tsohar</span>) of <a href="/genesis/6-16.htm">Genesis 6:16</a>, q.v. - <span class="cmt_word">of the ark which ha had made</span>: <span class="cmt_word">and he sent forth a raven.</span> Literally, the <span class="accented">orev</span>, so called from its black color' (Gesenius; cf. <a href="/songs/5-11.htm">Song of Solomon 5:11</a>), Latin, <span class="accented">corvus</span>, a raven or crow; the article being used either <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> because the species of bird is intended to be indicated (Kalisch), or <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> because there was only one male raven in the ark, the raven being among the unclean birds (<a href="/leviticus/11-15.htm">Leviticus 11:15</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/14-14.htm">Deuteronomy 14:14</a>; Lunge); but against this is "the dove" (per. 8); or <p><span class="note_emph">(3)</span> because it had come to be well known from this particular circumstance (Keil). Its peculiar fitness for the mission imposed on it lay in its being a bird of prey, and therefore able to sustain itself by feeding on carrion (<a href="/proverbs/30-17.htm">Proverbs 30:17</a>). To the incident here recorded is doubtless to be traced the prophetic character which in the ancient heathen world, and among the Arabians in particular, was supposed to attach to this ominous bird. <span class="cmt_word">Which went to and fro.</span> Literally, <span class="accented">and it went forth going and returning, i.e.</span> flying backwards and forwards, from the ark and to the ark, perhaps resting on it, but not entering into it (Calvin, Willet, Ainsworth, Keil, Kalisch, Lunge, Bush, 'Speaker's Commentary'); though some have conceived that it no more returned to the ark, but kept flying to and fro throughout the earth (LXX., "<span class="greek">καὶ ἐξελθὼν οὐκ ἀνέστρεψεν</span>;" Vulgate, "qui egrediebatur et non revertebatur;" Alford, "it is hardly probable that it returned;" Murphy, "it did not need to return"). <span class="cmt_word">Until the waters were dried up from off the earth.</span> When of course its return was unnecessary. Cf. for a similar form of expression <a href="/2_samuel/6-23.htm">2 Samuel 6:23</a>. Whether it entirely disappeared at the first, or continued hovering round the ark, Noah was unable from its movements to arrive at any certain conclusion as to the condition of the earth, and accordingly required to adopt another expedient, which he did in the mission of the dove. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/8-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">After</span><br /><span class="heb">מִקֵּ֖ץ</span> <span class="translit">(miq·qêṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7093.htm">Strong's 7093: </a> </span><span class="str2">An extremity, after</span><br /><br /><span class="word">forty</span><br /><span class="heb">אַרְבָּעִ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ar·bā·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_705.htm">Strong's 705: </a> </span><span class="str2">Forty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">days</span><br /><span class="heb">י֑וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Noah</span><br /><span class="heb">נֹ֔חַ</span> <span class="translit">(nō·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5146.htm">Strong's 5146: </a> </span><span class="str2">Noah -- 'rest', patriarch who survived the flood</span><br /><br /><span class="word">opened</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּפְתַּ֣ח</span> <span class="translit">(way·yip̄·taḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6605.htm">Strong's 6605: </a> </span><span class="str2">To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the window</span><br /><span class="heb">חַלּ֥וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(ḥal·lō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2474.htm">Strong's 2474: </a> </span><span class="str2">A window</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he had made</span><br /><span class="heb">עָשָֽׂה׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·śāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the ark</span><br /><span class="heb">הַתֵּבָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(hat·tê·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8392.htm">Strong's 8392: </a> </span><span class="str2">A box, chest</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/8-6.htm">Genesis 8:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/8-6.htm">Genesis 8:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/8-6.htm">Genesis 8:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/8-6.htm">Genesis 8:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/8-6.htm">Genesis 8:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/8-6.htm">Genesis 8:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/8-6.htm">Genesis 8:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/8-6.htm">Genesis 8:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/8-6.htm">Genesis 8:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/8-6.htm">Genesis 8:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/8-6.htm">OT Law: Genesis 8:6 It happened at the end of forty (Gen. 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