Genesis 8:1

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“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.”

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BSBPD

“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.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“And God remembereth Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle which <FI>are<Fi> with him in the ark, and God causeth a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subside,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 8:1 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 9:10and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth—every living thing that came out of the ark.
  2. Genesis 19:29So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.
  3. Genesis 30:22Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,
  4. Exodus 2:24So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
  5. Exodus 14:21Then 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,
  6. Numbers 22:32The angel of the LORD asked him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you, because your way is perverse before me.
  7. 1 Samuel 1:19The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.
  8. Nehemiah 13:14Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out my deeds of loving devotion for the house of my God and for its services.
  9. Nehemiah 13:22Then I instructed the Levites to purify themselves and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me for this as well, O my God, and show me mercy according to Your abundant loving devotion.
  10. Nehemiah 13:29Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
  11. Nehemiah 13:31I also arranged for contributions of wood at the appointed times, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, with favor.
  12. Job 12:15If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.
  13. Job 14:13If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!
  14. Psalms 36:6Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.
  15. Psalms 104:7At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away—
  16. Psalms 106:4Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,
  17. Psalms 115:12The LORD is mindful of us; He will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel; He will bless the house of Aaron;
  18. Psalms 132:1O LORD, remember on behalf of David all the hardships he endured,
  19. Psalms 136:23He remembered us in our low estate His loving devotion endures forever.
  20. Psalms 137:7Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
  21. Proverbs 25:23As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
  22. Isaiah 44:27who says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’
  23. Jeremiah 50:38A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols.
  24. Amos 8:7The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds.

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