Genesis 8

1 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

And it came to pass at the end of forty days that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.

7 Noah sent out a raven, which went this way and that till the waters were gone 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 And he sent out a dove, to see if the waters had gone from the face of the earth;

And he sent out the dove from him, to see if the waters had become low on the ground.

9 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.

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

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

11 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.

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

And he waited yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; but she returned no more to him.

13 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.

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

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

15 And God said to Noah,

And God spoke to Noah, saying,

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

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

17 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.

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

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

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 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.

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