Bible Strands
Genesis 8:3
The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator describes the post-flood environment immediately after God closes the floodgates and restrains the rain, marking the transition from divine judgment to earth's gradual restoration.
The words — The text employs וַ/יַּחְסְר֣וּ (va/i.yach.se.Ru) = and they decreased, paired with the phrase הָל֣וֹךְ וָ/שׁ֑וֹב (ha.Lokh va/Shov) = going and turning back to describe the water's motion.
The thread — This receding phase directly answers the prior 150-day period of water prevalence recorded in Genesis 7:24, fulfilling the timeline initiated in Genesis 7:11.
Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to recognize the precise, measured cessation of the flood before evaluating the ark's landing or the subsequent covenant.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
Cross-references
- Genesis 7:24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth for 150 days.
- 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.