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Genesis 8:14
By the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth was fully dry.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative records the condition of the earth after Noah removes the ark’s covering and before God issues the command to exit. It marks the conclusion of the flood period in Noah’s six hundred and first year.
The words — יָבְשָ֖ה (ya.veshah) = it was dry [H3001] describes the complete state of the ground. הָ/אָֽרֶץ (ha./'A.retz) = the/ earth [H776] specifies the location of this condition.
The thread — The timeline begins in Genesis 7:11 with the flood’s onset on the seventeenth day of the second month. Genesis 8:13 notes the surface dryness on the first day of the first month, and Genesis 8:14 confirms the earth’s complete dryness on the twenty-seventh day of the second month.
Why it lands — The text establishes a precise chronological boundary for the flood's end, requiring the reader to track God's measured progression from judgment to restoration. It demands attention to the reliability of divine timing rather than offering immediate action.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
Cross-references
- Genesis 7:13 On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons—
- Genesis 7:11 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.