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.
God considered Noah, all the wild animals, and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters started going down.
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 of the deep and the windows of heaven were closed, and it stopped raining.
3 And the waters returned from off the earth going and coming: and they began to be abated after a hundred and fifty days.
The flood waters went down slowly from the earth, and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters had gone down.
4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, the seven and twentieth day of the month, upon the mountains of Armenia.
The ark came to rest 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.
The waters continued to go down until the tenth month. On the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains appeared.
6 And after that forty days were passed, Noe, opening the window of the ark which he had made, sent forth a raven:
It came about after 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.
He sent out a raven and it flew back and forth until the waters were dried up from 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.
Then he sent out a dove to see if the waters had gone down from the surface of 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.
but the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, for the waters were still covering the whole earth. He reached out with his hand, and took and brought her into the ark with him.
10 And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove out of the ark.
He waited another seven days and again he sent out 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.
The dove returned to him in the evening. Look! In her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters had gone down from the earth.
12 And he stayed yet other seven days: and he sent forth the dove, which returned not any more unto him.
He waited another seven days, and sent out the dove again. She did not return again to him.
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.
It came about in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, that the waters were dried up from off the earth. Noah removed the covering of the ark, looked out, and saw that, behold, the surface of the ground was dry.
14 In the second month, the seven and twentieth day of the month, the earth was dried.
In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
15 And God spoke to Noe, saying:
God said to Noah,
16 Go out of the ark, thou and thy wife, thy sons, and the wives of thy sons with thee.
“Go out of the ark, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons' wives with you.
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.
Take out with you every living creature of all flesh that is with you—the birds, the animals, and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth—so that they may grow unto very large numbers of living creatures throughout the earth, 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.
So Noah went out with his sons, 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 living creature, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, according to their families, left 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.
Noah built an altar to Yahweh. He took some of the clean animals and some of the clean birds, 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.
Yahweh smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart, “I will not again curse the ground because of mankind, even though the intentions of their hearts is evil from childhood. Nor will I again destroy everything 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 remains, seed time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night will not cease.”
A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark
