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Genesis 8:6
After forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative places this action after the waters recede enough to reveal mountain peaks, marking the fortieth day of Noah’s post-flood observation period. Noah acts within the ark as he prepares to test the earth’s dryness.
The words — The Hebrew מִקֵּץ (miqets) denotes “from the end” or completion of the forty-day period, while חַלּוֹן (challon) specifies the “window” Noah previously constructed in the ark’s structure.
The thread — This window links back to the ark’s original construction specifications in Genesis 6:16 and echoes the architectural motif of windows as points of observation in Daniel 6:10. The action directly precedes Noah’s dispatch of the raven in Genesis 8:7.
Why it lands — The text records a measured, chronological step in assessing creation’s restoration rather than a miraculous intervention. It requires the reader to track the deliberate pacing of providence through human observation and obedience.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
Cross-references
- Genesis 6:16 You are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks.
- Daniel 6:10 Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.