Genesis 8:6
New International Version
After forty days Noah opened a window he had made in the ark

New Living Translation
After another forty days, Noah opened the window he had made in the boat

English Standard Version
At the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made

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

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

New King James Version
So it came to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.

New American Standard Bible
Then it came about at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made;

NASB 1995
Then it came about at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made;

NASB 1977
Then it came about at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made;

Legacy Standard Bible
Then it happened at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made;

Amplified Bible
At the end of [another] forty days Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made;

Christian Standard Bible
After forty days Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
After 40 days Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made,

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And it was after forty days, Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made:

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And it came to pass after forty days Noe opened the window of the ark which he had made.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And after that forty days were passed, Noe, opening the window of the ark which he had made, sent forth a raven:

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
After 40 more days Noah opened the window he had made in the ship

Good News Translation
After forty days Noah opened a window

International Standard Version
After 40 days, Noah opened the window of the ark that he had built

JPS Tanakh 1917
And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.

Literal Standard Version
And it comes to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah opens the window of the Ark which he made,

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

New American Bible
At the end of forty days Noah opened the hatch of the ark that he had made,

NET Bible
At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window he had made in the ark

New Revised Standard Version
At the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made

New Heart English Bible
It happened at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the vessel which he had made,

Webster's Bible Translation
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,

Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah openeth the window of the ark which he made,

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Context
Noah Sends a Raven and a Dove
6 After forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark 7and sent out a raven. It kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.…

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.

Genesis 8:5
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.

Genesis 8:7
and sent out a raven. It kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.


Treasury of Scripture

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

opened the window.

Genesis 6:16
A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

Daniel 6:10
Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

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Genesis 8
1. God remembers Noah and calms the waters.
4. The ark rests on Ararat.
6. Noah sends forth a raven and then a dove.
13. Noah, being commanded, goes forth from the ark.
20. He builds an altar, and offers sacrifices,
21. which God accepts, and promises to curse the earth no more.














(6) Noah opened the window.--Not the zohar of Genesis 6:16, but an aperture. He had waited forty days after seeing the heights around him rising clearly into the air, and then, impatient of the slow subsidence of the waters, Noah at last sent forth a raven to bring him some news of the state of the earth. This bird was chosen as one strong of flight, and also, perhaps, because anciently regarded as prophetic of the weather; besides this, it is easily tamed, and as Noah retained its mate he had security for its return. And so it seems to have done, for it is described as going "forth to and fro." Each night it returned to the ark, and probably to its old perch near the female. The Chaldean Genesis agrees with many commentators and the ancient versions in supposing that the raven did not return, finding abundant food in the floating dead bodies (Chaldean Genesis, p. 286); but this is contrary to the Hebrew. The versions must have had a negative in their copies, and have read, "which went forth, going, and not returning." The present Hebrew text is, however, consistent with itself; for it adds, "until the waters," &c. This must mean that as soon as the earth was dry this going to and fro ceased.

Verses 6, 7. - And it came to pass, literally, it was - at the end of forty days. Delaying through combined fear and sorrow on account of the Divine judgment (Calvin); to allow sufficient space to undo the effect of the forty days' rain (Murphy); probably just to be assured that the Deluge would not return. That Noah opened the window - chalon, a window, "so called from being perforated, from chalal, to bore or pierce" (Gesenius); used of the window of Rahab's house (Joshua 2:18); not the window (tsohar) of Genesis 6:16, q.v. - of the ark which ha had made: and he sent forth a raven. Literally, the orev, so called from its black color' (Gesenius; cf. Song of Solomon 5:11), Latin, corvus, a raven or crow; the article being used either

(1) because the species of bird is intended to be indicated (Kalisch), or

(2) because there was only one male raven in the ark, the raven being among the unclean birds (Leviticus 11:15; Deuteronomy 14:14; Lunge); but against this is "the dove" (per. 8); or

(3) because it had come to be well known from this particular circumstance (Keil). Its peculiar fitness for the mission imposed on it lay in its being a bird of prey, and therefore able to sustain itself by feeding on carrion (Proverbs 30:17). To the incident here recorded is doubtless to be traced the prophetic character which in the ancient heathen world, and among the Arabians in particular, was supposed to attach to this ominous bird. Which went to and fro. Literally, and it went forth going and returning, i.e. flying backwards and forwards, from the ark and to the ark, perhaps resting on it, but not entering into it (Calvin, Willet, Ainsworth, Keil, Kalisch, Lunge, Bush, 'Speaker's Commentary'); though some have conceived that it no more returned to the ark, but kept flying to and fro throughout the earth (LXX., "καὶ ἐξελθὼν οὐκ ἀνέστρεψεν;" Vulgate, "qui egrediebatur et non revertebatur;" Alford, "it is hardly probable that it returned;" Murphy, "it did not need to return"). Until the waters were dried up from off the earth. When of course its return was unnecessary. Cf. for a similar form of expression 2 Samuel 6:23. Whether it entirely disappeared at the first, or continued hovering round the ark, Noah was unable from its movements to arrive at any certain conclusion as to the condition of the earth, and accordingly required to adopt another expedient, which he did in the mission of the dove.

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Hebrew
After
מִקֵּ֖ץ (miq·qêṣ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7093: An extremity, after

forty
אַרְבָּעִ֣ים (’ar·bā·‘îm)
Number - common plural
Strong's 705: Forty

days
י֑וֹם (yō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

Noah
נֹ֔חַ (nō·aḥ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 5146: Noah -- 'rest', patriarch who survived the flood

opened
וַיִּפְתַּ֣ח (way·yip̄·taḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6605: To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

the window
חַלּ֥וֹן (ḥal·lō·wn)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 2474: A window

he had made
עָשָֽׂה׃ (‘ā·śāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

in the ark
הַתֵּבָ֖ה (hat·tê·ḇāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8392: A box, chest


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