Genesis 8

1 But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.

And God kept Noah in mind, and all the living things and the cattle which were with him in the ark: and God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters went down.

2 The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were shut, and the rain from heaven was stopped.

3 The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.

And the waters went slowly back from the earth, and at the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters were lower.

4 On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

And on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

5 And the waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.

And still the waters went on falling, till on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains were seen.

6 After forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark

Then, after forty days, through the open window of the ark which he had made,

7 and sent out a raven. It kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.

Noah sent out a raven, which went this way and that till the waters were gone from the earth.

8 Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.

And he sent out a dove, to see if the waters had gone from the face of the earth;

9 But the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.

But the dove saw no resting-place for her foot, and came back to the ark, for the waters were still over all the earth; and he put out his hand, and took her into the ark.

10 Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.

And after waiting another seven days, he sent the dove out again;

11 And behold, the dove returned to him in the evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.

And the dove came back at evening, and in her mouth was an olive-leaf broken off: so Noah was certain that the waters had gone down on the earth.

12 And Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him.

And after seven days more, he sent the dove out again, but she did not come back to him.

13 In Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.

And in the six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters were dry on the earth: and Noah took the cover off the ark and saw that the face of the earth was dry.

14 By the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth was fully dry.

And on the twenty-seventh day of the second month the earth was dry.

15 Then God said to Noah,

And God said to Noah,

16 “Come out of the ark, you and your wife, along with your sons and their wives.

Go out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and your sons' wives.

17 Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”

Take out with you every living thing which is with you, birds and cattle and everything which goes on the earth, so that they may have offspring and be fertile and be increased on the earth.

18 So Noah came out, along with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives.

And Noah went out with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives;

19 Every living creature, every creeping thing, and every bird—everything that moves upon the earth—came out of the ark, kind by kind.

And every beast and bird and every living thing of every sort which goes on the earth, went out of the ark.

20 Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar.

And Noah made an altar to the Lord, and from every clean beast and bird he made burned offerings on the altar.

21 When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.

And when the sweet smell came up to the Lord, he said in his heart, I will not again put a curse on the earth because of man, for the thoughts of man's heart are evil from his earliest days; never again will I send destruction on all living things as I have done.

22 As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”

While the earth goes on, seed time and the getting in of the grain, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, will not come to an end.

A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark