The waters receded from the earth continually. After the end of one hundred fifty days the waters decreased.
In the six hundredth year of Noach's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep were burst open, and the sky's windows were opened.
The waters prevailed on the earth one hundred fifty days.
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 seen.