Genesis 7:11

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Summary

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.

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Windows

Malachi 3:10

General references

Genesis 8:14

Job 36:28

Bible References

All

And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

And I, behold, I do bring the flood of waters upon this earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is in the earth shall die.

the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; They are forgotten of the foot; They hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.

Or who'shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb;

He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap: He layeth up the deeps in store-houses.

Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers.

When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong,

The earth is utterly broken, the earth is rent asunder, the earth is shaken violently.

Fear ye not me? saith Jehovah: will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it? and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.

when he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.

For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and the great waters shall cover thee;

For the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, is he that toucheth the land and it melteth, and all that dwell therein shall mourn; and it shall rise up wholly like the River, and shall sink again, like the River of Egypt;

For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,

When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape.

Windows

And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if Jehovah should make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

Yet he commanded the skies above, And opened the doors of heaven;

Bring ye the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it .

General references

And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dry.

Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly.