Genesis 8

1 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.

And God remembered Noe, and all the living creatures, and all the cattle which were with him in the ark, and brought a wind upon the earth, and the waters were abated.

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

The fountains also of the deep, and the flood gates of heaven were shut up, and the rain from heaven was restrained.

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

And the waters returned from off the earth going and coming: and they began to be abated after a hundred and fifty days.

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

And the ark rested in the seventh month, the seven and twentieth day of the month, upon the mountains of Armenia.

5 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.

And the waters were going and decreasing until the tenth month: for in the tenth month, the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains appeared.

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

And after that forty days were passed, Noe, opening the window of the ark which he had made, sent forth a raven:

7 And he sent out the raven, which went forth going to and fro, until the waters were dried from the earth.

Which went forth and did not return, till the waters were dried up upon the earth.

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

He sent forth also a dove after him, to see if the waters had now ceased upon the face of the earth.

9 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.

But she, not finding where her foot might rest, returned to him into the ark: for the waters were upon the whole earth: and he put forth his hand, and caught her, and brought her into the ark.

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

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

11 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.

And she came to him in the evening, carrying a bough of an olive tree, with green leaves, in her mouth. Noe therefore understood that the waters were ceased upon the earth.

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

And he stayed yet other seven days: and he sent forth the dove, which returned not any more unto him.

13 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.

Therefore in the six hundredth and first year, the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were lessened upon the earth, and Noe opening the covering of the ark, looked, and saw that the face of the earth was dried.

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

In the second month, the seven and twentieth day of the month, the earth was dried.

15 And God spoke to Noah, saying,

And God spoke to Noe, saying:

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

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

17 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.

All living things that are with thee of all flesh, as well in fowls as in beasts, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, bring out with thee, and go ye upon the earth: increase and multiply upon it.

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

So Noe went out, he and his sons: his wife, and the wives of his sons with him.

19 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.

And all living things, and cattle, and creeping things that creep upon the earth, according to their kinds, went out of the ark.

20 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.

And Noe built an altar unto the Lord: and taking of all cattle and fowls that were clean, offered holocausts upon the altar.

21 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.

And the Lord smelled a sweet savour, and said: I will no more curse the earth for the sake of man: for the imagination and thought of man’s heart are prone to evil from his youth: therefore I will no more destroy every living soul as I have done.

22 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.

All the days of the earth, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, night and day, shall not cease.

A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark