Kejadian 1:8

1:8 God called the expanse “sky.” ¹  There was evening, and there was morning, a second day.

Kejadian 8:3

8:3 The waters kept receding steadily ²  from the earth, so that they ³  had gone down ⁴  by the end of the 150 days.

Kejadian 8:1

8:1 But God remembered ⁵  Noah and all the wild animals and domestic animals that were with him in the ark. God caused a wind to blow over ⁶  the earth and the waters receded.

[1:8]  ¹ tn Though the Hebrew word can mean “heaven,” it refers in this context to “the sky.”

[8:3]  ² tn The construction combines a Qal preterite from שׁוּב (shuv) with its infinitive absolute to indicate continuous action. The infinitive absolute from הָלָךְ (halakh) is included for emphasis: “the waters returned…going and returning.”

[8:3]  ³ tn Heb “the waters.” The pronoun (“they”) has been employed in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[8:3]  ⁴ tn The vav (ו) consecutive with the preterite here describes the consequence of the preceding action.

[8:1]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew word translated “remembered” often carries the sense of acting in accordance with what is remembered, i.e., fulfilling covenant promises (see B. S. Childs, Memory and Tradition in Israel [SBT], especially p. 34).

[8:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “to pass over.”