Genesis 8

1 And God remembered Noe, and all the wild beasts, and all the cattle, and all the birds, and all the reptiles that creep, as many as were with him in the ark, and God brought a wind upon the earth, and the water stayed.

And God remembered Noah, and all the wild—beasts and all the tame-beasts that were with him in the ark, —and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided;

2 And the fountains of the deep were closed up, and the flood-gates of heaven, and the rain from heaven was withheld.

and the fountains of the roaring-deep were shut, and the windows of the heavens, —and the heavy rain was restrained from the heavens;

3 And the water subsided, and went off the earth, and after an hundred and fifty days the water was diminished, and the ark rested in the seventh month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.

and the waters returned from off the earth they went on returning, —and so the waters decreased at the end of a hundred and fifty days.

4 And the water continued to decrease until the tenth month.

And the ark rested, in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, —on the mountains of Ararat.

5 And in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the heads of the mountains were seen.

But, the waters went on decreasing, until the tenth month, —in the tenth [month], on the first of the month, were seen the tops of the mountains.

6 And it came to pass after forty days Noe opened the 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 that he had made;

7 And he sent forth a raven; and it went forth and returned not until the water was dried from off the earth.

and sent forth a raven, —and it kept going forth and returning, until the drying up of the waters from off the earth.

8 And he sent a dove after it to see if the water had ceased from off the earth.

And he sent forth a dove from him, —to see whether the waters had abated, from off the face of the ground;

9 And the dove not having found rest for her feet, returned to him into the ark, because the water was on all the face of the earth, and he stretched out his hand and took her, and brought her to himself into the ark.

but the dove found no resting-place for the sole of her foot so she returned unto him into the ark, for, waters, were on the face of all the earth; and he put forth his hand and took her, and brought her in unto him, into the ark.

10 And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove from the ark.

Then stayed he yet seven days more, —and, again sent forth the dove out of the ark.

11 And the dove returned to him in the evening, and had a leaf of olive, a sprig in her mouth; and Noe knew that the water had ceased from off the earth.

And the dove came in unto him at eventide, and lo! a newly sprouted olive-leaf, in her mouth, —so Noah knew that the waters had abated from off the earth.

12 And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove, and she did not return to him again any more.

And he stayed yet seven days more, —and sent forth the dove, but she returned not again unto him any more.

13 And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year of the life of Noe, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the water subsided from off the earth, and Noe opened the covering of the ark which he had made, and he saw that the water had subsided from the face of the earth.

So it came to pass in the six hundred and first year at the beginning, on the first of the month, that the waters had dried up from off the earth, —and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked and lo! the face of the ground was dried.

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

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

15 And the Lord God spoke to Noe, saying,

So then, God spake to Noah, saying:

16 Come out from the ark, thou and thy wife and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.

Come forth out of the ark, —thou and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.

17 And all the wild beasts as many as are with thee, and all flesh both of birds and beasts, and every reptile moving upon the earth, bring forth with thee: and increase ye and multiply upon the earth.

All the living creatures that are with thee of all flesh among birds, and among beasts, and among all the creeping things that creep on the earth, bring forth with thee, —and they shall swarm in the earth, and be fruitful and multiply, on the earth.

18 And Noe came forth, and his wife and his sons, and his sons' wives with him.

So Noah came forth, —and his sons and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him:

19 And all the wild beasts and all the cattle and every bird, and every reptile creeping upon the earth after their kind, came forth out of the ark.

All the living creatures, all that move along, and all birds, and all that moveth along over the earth—by their families, came forth out of the ark.

20 And Noe built an altar to the Lord, and took of all clean beasts, and of all clean birds, and offered a whole burnt-offering upon the altar.

And Noah builded an altar to Yahweh, —and took of all the clean beasts and of all the clean birds, and caused ascending Sacrifices to go up on the altar.

21 And the Lord God smelled a smell of sweetness, and the Lord God having considered, said, I will not any more curse the earth, because of the works of men, because the imagination of man is intently bent upon evil things from his youth, I will not therefore any more smite all living flesh as I have done.

And Yahweh smelled a satisfying odour, so Yahweh said to himself. I will not, again, curse any more the ground for man’s sake, although the device of the heart of man, be wicked from his youth, —neither will I again, any more smite every living thing, as I have done.

22 All the days of the earth, seed and harvest, cold and heat, summer and spring, shall not cease by day or night.

During all the days of the earth, seedtime 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