Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Genesis 8:14 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 14. 14And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
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Quick Meaning
By the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth is fully dry. This later date marks readiness after the earlier sight of a drying surface.
Read It With
- Genesis 8:13–22
Read verse 14 with verses 13 and 15–17. Verse 13 reports visible surface drying; verse 14 completes the environmental change; and the following verses still make God's command the basis for exit.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The later date prevents visible surface drying from being mistaken for completed environmental readiness.
Read Genesis 8:13–14 together
Why these verses belong together: Two dated drying reports distinguish visible ground surface from the fully dry earth needed for release.
Verse 13. 13 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.
Verse 14. 14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
What Remains True
Responsible release distinguishes encouraging appearance from completed readiness.
How It Can Shape Life
- Use clear criteria—not eagerness alone—to decide when a person, building, habitat, or community can safely reopen.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Genesis 8:13–22 — Noah Leaves the Ark, Worships, and Receives God's PromiseSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Displayed wording, verse order, dry-ground sequence, exit, offering, promise, and seasonal pairs.
Exact location: Genesis 8:13–22 in the pinned standardized 1769 KJV corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text morphology and lemma data
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible — Genesis
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, Version 2.2 released 2021; repository inspected 2026
Supports: Drying terms, bring-out syntax, swarming and fruitfulness, offering, soothing aroma, inclination, youth, and ceasing.
Exact location: Genesis 8:13–22 forms, lemmas, syntax, and verse structure in Gen.xml
Open source ↗Translation and textual notes
NET Bible — Genesis with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, Digital edition accessed 2026
Supports: Ground and earth distinction, exit command syntax, soothing-aroma anthropomorphism, concessive ki, heart inclination, youth, and earth-duration wording.
Exact location: Genesis 8:13–22 translator notes
Open NET Genesis 8 ↗