The water receded steadily from the earth, and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the same day, all the fountains of the great deep burst open and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
The waters prevailed on the earth for one hundred and fifty days.
The water continually decreased until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains became visible.