Passage

Genesis 8.1

Book: Genesis · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"1. And God remembered Noah, and all the beasts, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged;"

"2. the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; 3. and the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased." (Genesis 8:1-3, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"1. God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the livestock that were with him in the ship; and God made a wind to pass over the earth. The waters subsided."

"2. The deep’s fountains and the sky’s windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained. 3. The waters continually receded from the earth. After the end of one hundred fifty days the waters decreased." (Genesis 8:1-3, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"1. And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;"

"2. The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; 3. 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}" (Genesis 8:1-3, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"1. And God remembereth Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle which [are] with him in the ark, and God causeth a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subside,"

"2. and closed are the fountains of the deep and the net-work of the heavens, and restrained is the shower from the heavens. 3. And turn back do the waters from off the earth, going on and returning; and the waters are lacking at the end of a hundred and fifty days." (Genesis 8:1-3, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Quoted in

H7307 - ruach

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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