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.

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

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

The deep’s fountains and the sky’s windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky 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.

The waters continually receded from the earth. After the end of one hundred and fifty days the waters receded.

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

The ship rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on Ararat’s mountains.

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.

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

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

At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the ship which he had made,

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

and he sent out a raven. It went back and forth, until the waters were dried up from the earth.

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

He himself sent out a dove to see if the waters were abated from the surface of the ground,

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 the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned into the ship to him, for the waters were on the surface of the whole earth. He put out his hand, and took her, and brought her to him into the ship.

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

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

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.

The dove came back to him at evening and, behold, in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters were abated from the earth.

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

He waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; and she didn’t return to him any more.

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.

In the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from the earth. Noah removed the covering of the ship, and looked. He saw that the surface of the ground was dry.

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

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

15 And God spoke to Noah, saying,

God spoke to Noah, saying,

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

“Go out of the ship, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons’ wives with you.

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.

Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, including birds, livestock, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth.”

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

Noah went out, with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives 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.

Every animal, every creeping thing, and every bird, whatever moves on the earth, after their families, went out of the ship.

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.

Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on 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.

The LORD smelled the pleasant aroma. The LORD said in his heart, “I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake because the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth. I will never again strike every living thing, 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.

While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night will not cease.”

A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark