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Genesis 8:6

Genesis 8:6 is verse 6 of Genesis chapter 8, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

After forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark

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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:

World English Bible

At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the ship which he had made,

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Genesis 8:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible

4 On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

5 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.

6 After forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark

7 and sent out a raven. It kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.

8 Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

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.

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