Genesis 8:2
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Genesis 8:2 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Genesis 8:2 is a verse from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Genesis 8:2 — KJV
“The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;”
— Genesis 8:2 (KJV)
Genesis 8:2 in Context — About the Book of Genesis
Genesis is the book of beginnings — creation, the fall, the flood, and the call of Abraham. It answers the oldest questions: where we came from, why the world is broken, and how God begins His rescue plan through one family. Every major theme in the Bible is planted here as a seed.
Cross-References for Genesis 8:2
“In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. windows: or, floodgates”
Shares key themes with Genesis 8:2: fountains, deep, windows
“Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained? the sounding: or, the multitude”
Shares key themes with Genesis 8:2: heaven, rain, restrained
“At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity. darkened: or, restrained”
Shares key themes with Genesis 8:2: also, rain, restrained
“Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him. to mourn: Heb. to be black”
Shares key themes with Genesis 8:2: deep, rain, restrained
“And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 8:2: heaven, rain
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