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 wild animals, and all the tame animals, and all the flying creatures, and all the crawling creatures that were with him in the ship; and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters began to recede.

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 floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

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 receded steadily from the land. And after the end of one hundred fifty days the waters had decreased significantly.

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

And in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ship came to rest 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.

The waters receded continually to the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains became visible.

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

It happened at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ship 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 forth a raven. It went back and forth, until the waters had dried up from the earth.

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

Then he sent forth a dove from it, to see if the waters had abated from the surface of 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 place to rest her foot, and she returned to him into the ship; for the waters were on the surface of the whole earth. He put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her to him into the ship.

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

And he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ship.

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.

The dove came back to him at evening, and, look, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off. So Noah knew that the waters had abated from the earth.

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

He stayed yet another seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she did not return to him any more.

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 happened in the six hundred first year of Noah's life, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters had dried up from the earth. And Noah removed the covering of the ship and looked out. And look, the surface of the ground was dry.

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

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

15 And God said to Noah,

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 ship, you, and your wife, and your sons, and your sons' wives with you.

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 out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, of flying creatures, and animals, and every creature that crawls on the earth, that they may swarm on the earth, and 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 forth, with his sons, 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.

And every wild animal, and every tame animal, and every flying creature, and every creature that crawls on the earth, after their families, went out of the ship.

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

Noah built an altar to God, and took of every clean animal, and of every clean flying creature, and offered 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 God smelled the pleasing aroma, and God said in his heart, "I will never again curse the ground because of humankind, even though the inclination of his heart is evil from his youth, nor will I again destroy 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.

While the earth remains, 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