"And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth {month}, on the first {day} of the month, were …" — Genesis 8:5

Genesis 8:5 · KJV

“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. {decreased...: Heb. were in going and decreasing}”

— Genesis 8:5

Verse 4

And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

Verse 6

And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:

Genesis 8 — Context

And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. {continually: Heb. in going and returning}

And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

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. {decreased...: Heb. were in going and decreasing}

And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:

And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. {to...: Heb. in going forth and returning}

Cross References

Genesis 7:11

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. {windows: or, floodgates}