Genesis 8

1 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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

And the water continued to decrease until the tenth month.

5 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.

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

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

And it came to pass after forty days Noe opened the window of the ark which he had made.

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

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

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

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

9 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.

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.

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

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

11 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.

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.

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

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

13 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.

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.

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

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

15 And God spoke to Noe, saying:

And the Lord God spoke to Noe, saying,

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

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

17 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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

21 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.

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.

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

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

A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark