Genesis 8:3

And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

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Albert 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...
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...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. And after the end of the hundred and fifty days. Some think that the whole time, from the beginning of the deluge to the abatement of the...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. Returned ......
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The waters returned from off the earth. — This backward motion of the waters also seems to indicate that a vast wave from the sea had swept over th...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE FLOOD Genesis 5:1-32 ; Genesis 6:1-22 ; Genesis 7:1-24 ; Genesis 8:1-22 ; Genesis 9:1-29 THE first great event which indelibly impresse...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Noah Leaves the Ark Genesis 8:1-22 Traditions of the Flood are found in every country, from the tablets of Babylon to the rude carvings of the...
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 judgme...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the waters returned from off the earth continually ,.... Or "going and returning" s; they went off from the earth, and returned to their proper...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. Ver. 3. And the wa...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The waters returned from off the earth continually Hebrews they were going and returning; a gradual departure. The heat of the sun exhaled much,...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

A RENEWED EARTH The five months of floating on a shoreless sea would seem interminable to Noah and his family, and it can be well imagined that th...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Earth Becomes Dry. B. C. 2349. 1 A...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 8:1 . And God remembered Noah, Noah had been shut up in the ark for many a day, and at the right time God thought of him, practically tho...
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 redeund...
The Biblical Illustrator

The waters assuaged The gradual cessation of Divine retribution I. THAT IT IS MARKED BY A RICH MANIFESTATION OF DIVINE MERCY TO THOSE WHO HAVE...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 8:1 And God . Elohim, i.e. God in his most universal relation to his creatures. The supposition of two different acco...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Flood Subsides
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And the waters returned from off the earth continually; and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. The waters literally...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

continually. Heb. in going and returning. hundred. Genesis 7:11 Genesis 7:24
Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Assuaging of the Waters Genesis 8:1-22 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. There is a striking verse in 2 Peter 3:6-7 , which reads: "Whereby the world...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The waters returned from off the earth continually — Heb. they were going and returning; a gradual departure. The heat of the sun exhaled much, and...

³ And the waters returned from off the earth continually:a and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

Related Commentaries of Genesis 8:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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