²⁸ Which the skies pour down And drop on man abundantly.

²⁰ By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew.

¹¹ In the six hundredth year of Noah'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.

¹² The rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.

¹¹ Yes, he loads the thick cloud with moisture. He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning.

¹² It is turned round about by his guidance, That they may do whatever he commands them On the surface of the habitable world,

¹³ Whether it is for correction, or for his land, Or for loving kindness, that he causes it to come.