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

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

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, —on 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.

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 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 that he had made;

7 Which went forth and did not return, till the waters were dried up upon 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 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 forth a dove from him, —to see whether the waters had 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 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 out of the ark.

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

And he stayed yet seven days more, —and sent forth the dove, but she 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.

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

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

15 And God spoke to Noe, saying:

So then, God spake to Noah, saying:

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

Come forth out 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.

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

So Noah came 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.

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 unto the Lord: and taking of all cattle and fowls that were clean, offered holocausts 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 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 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, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, night and day, shall not cease.

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