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 remembered Noah, and all the animals, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.

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 closed, and the pour of 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 retired from the earth, continually retiring; and in the course of a hundred and fifty days the waters abated.

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

And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, 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 the waters abated continually until the tenth month: in the tenth [month], on the first of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.

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

And it came to pass at the end of forty days that Noah opened the 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.

And he sent out the raven, which went forth going to and fro, until the waters were dried 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 the dove from him, to see if the waters had become low on the ground.

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 found no resting-place for the sole of her foot, and returned to him into the ark; for the waters were on the whole earth; and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her to him into the ark.

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

And he waited yet other seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.

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 to him at eventide; and behold, in her beak was an olive-leaf plucked off; and Noah knew that the waters had become low 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 he waited yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; but she returned no more 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 it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first [month], on the first of the month, that the waters were dried up from the earth. And Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the surface of the ground was dried.

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

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

15 Then God said to Noah,

And God spoke to Noah, saying,

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

Go out of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.

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.”

Bring forth with thee every animal which is with thee, of all flesh, fowl as well as cattle, and all the creeping things which creep on the earth, that they may swarm on the earth, and may be fruitful and multiply on the earth.

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

And Noah went out, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him.

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

All the animals, all the creeping things, and all the fowl — everything that moves on the earth, after their kinds, 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 built an altar to Jehovah; and took of every clean animal, and of all clean fowl, and offered up burnt-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 Jehovah smelled the sweet odour. And Jehovah said in his heart, I will no more henceforth curse the ground on account of Man, for the thought of Man's heart is evil from his youth; and I will no more smite every living thing, 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.”

Henceforth, all the days of the earth, seed [time] and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease.

A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark