Gen 8:1 | NETfull | STEP | But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and domestic animals that were with him in the ark. God caused a wind to blow over the earth and the waters receded.

Genesis 8:1

1 But God remembered ^{▼▼ The Hebrew word translated “remembered” often carries the sense of acting in accordance with what is remembered, i.e., fulfilling covenant promises (see B. S. Childs, Memory and Tradition in Israel [SBT], especially p. 34).} Noah and all the wild animals and domestic animals that were with him in the ark. God caused a wind to blow over ^{▼▼ Heb “to pass over.”} the earth and the waters receded.