Genesis 8:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And 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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“And 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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and the waters have been going and becoming lacking till the tenth month; in the tenth <FI>month<Fi> , on the first of the month, appeared the heads of the mountains.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 8:5 — 1 related verse from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 7:11In 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.
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