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Genesis 8:5
And still the waters went on falling, till on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains were seen.
Genesis 8:5 · Bible in Basic English
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Genesis 8:5 in other translations
And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
And the waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.
The waters receded continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were visible.
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In context
2 And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were shut, and the rain from heaven was stopped.
3 And the waters went slowly back from the earth, and at the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters were lower.
4 And on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
5 And still the waters went on falling, till on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains were seen.
6 Then, after forty days, through the open window of the ark which he had made,
7 Noah sent out a raven, which went this way and that till the waters were gone from the earth.
8 And he sent out a dove, to see if the waters had gone from the face of the earth;
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