Bible History
Picture Study Bible with Maps and Background Information
5. And the waters decreased continually--The decrease of the waters was for wise reasons exceedingly slow and gradual--the period of their return being nearly twice as long as that of their rise.
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The great flood ceases, Noah sends forth a raven and a dove, the dove returns with an olive branch, Noah releases all living things from the ark, Noah built an altar and offers sacrifices, the Lord promises that seed time and harvest seasons will never cease.
Genesis Chapter 8
Genesis 8:4 - And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
Outline
The Flood Stops and the Waters Recede (Genesis 8:1-6)
Noah Sends a Raven and a Dove (Genesis 8:7-14)
Noah Leaves the Ark and Builds an Altar (Genesis 8:15-20)
The Lord Accepts Noah's Offering and Makes a Promise
(Genesis 8:21-22)
Summary
1 The Waters Asswage
4 The Ark Resteth On Ararat
7 The Raven And The Dove
15 Noah, Being Commanded
18 Goes Forth From The Ark
20 He Buildeth An Altar, And Offereth Sacrifice
21 Which God Accepteth, And Promiseth To Curse The Earth No More
Topics for Bible Study
150 Days
The 7th Month, the 17th day
The Mountains of Ararat
40 Days
The Raven
The Dove
7 Days
The Olive Branch
God's Commanded to Leave the Ark
The Altar
Ancient
Altars - Background Bible Study
Burnt Offerings
The Curse Removed
Maps
Map of the Table of Nations
Quick Reference Map
Map of Mount Ararat and the
Kingdom of Urartu (Click to Enlarge)
Charts
Mount Ararat Comparison
Painting of a Man Sacrificing at
an Altar
Painting of Noah's Ark Resting
with Dove Returning - Gustave Dore
The Old Testament
Genesis Resources
Creation
Adam and Eve
The
Flood
The Tower of Babel
Abraham the First Hebrew
Isaac, Son of Promise
Jacob
and the 12 Tribes
Joseph
and Egypt