KJV ORIGINAL
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.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
When Noah was 600 years old, on the seventeenth day of the second month, on that very day all the underground springs burst forth, and the floodgates of heaven were opened.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse describes the exact moment when God unleashed the great flood from both above and below the earth.
📚 Historical Context
This verse marks the beginning of the worldwide flood in Noah's time, providing a precise date according to the ancient calendar. The Hebrew understanding included the concept that water existed both above the sky (held back by the 'firmament') and in underground reservoirs, both of which God released simultaneously.
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