King James Version
Genesis 8:14 in the King James Version says “And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.”
Genesis 8:14 · KJV
And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
And God spake unto Noah, saying,
Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“on the seven”
H7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
“day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“dried”
H3001to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
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