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 Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;

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

The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

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 waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

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

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

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 the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains 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 at the end of forty days, that Noah 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, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up 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.

Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

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.

But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.

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

And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of 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 came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated 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 he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him 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 hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

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

And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.

15 And God spoke to Noe, saying:

And God spake unto Noah, saying,

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

Go forth of 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.

Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, 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 Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, 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.

Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went 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 Noah builded an altar unto Yhwh; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on 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 Yhwh smelled a sweet savour; And Yhwh said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, 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.

While the earth remaineth, 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