Genesis 8

1 Now God remembred Noah and euery beast, and all the cattell that was with him in the Arke: therefore God made a winde to passe vpon the earth, and the waters ceased.

Then God remembered Noah, and all living things, and all the cattle, which were with him in the ark, and he brought a wind across the earth, and the waters were diminished.

2 The fountaines also of the deepe and the windowes of heauen were stopped and the raine from heauen was restrained,

And the fountains of the abyss and the floodgates of heaven were closed. And the rain from heaven was restrained.

3 And the waters returned from aboue the earth, going and returning: and after the ende of the hundreth and fiftieth day the waters abated.

And the waters were restored to their coming and going from the earth. And they began to diminish after one hundred and fifty days.

4 And in the seuenth moneth, in the seuenteenth day of the moneth, the Arke rested vpon the mountaines of Ararat.

And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, upon the mountains of Armenia.

5 And the waters were going and decreasing vntill the tenth moneth: in the tenth moneth, and in the first day of the moneth were the toppes of the mountaines seene.

Yet in truth, the waters were departing and decreasing until the tenth month. For in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tips of the mountains appeared.

6 So after fourtie dayes, Noah opened the windowe of the Arke, which he had made,

And when forty days had passed, Noah, opening the window that he had made in the ark, sent forth a raven,

7 And sent forth a rauen, which went out going forth and returning, vntill the waters were dried vp vpon the earth.

which went forth and did not return, until the waters were dried up across the earth.

8 Againe he sent a doue from him, that he might see if the waters were diminished from off the earth.

Likewise, he sent forth a dove after him, in order to see if the waters had now ceased upon the face of the earth.

9 But the doue found no rest for the sole of her foote: therefore she returned vnto him into the Arke (for the waters were vpon the whole earth) and he put forth his hand, and receiued her, and tooke her to him into the Arke.

But when she did not find a place where her foot might rest, she returned to him in the ark. For the waters were upon the whole earth. And he extended his hand and caught her, and he brought her into the ark.

10 And he abode yet other seuen dayes, and againe he sent forth the doue out of the Arke.

And then, having waited a further seven days, he again sent forth the dove out of the ark.

11 And the doue came to him in ye euening, and loe, in her mouth was an oliue leafe that she had pluckt: whereby Noah knewe that the waters were abated from off the earth.

And she came to him in the evening, carrying in her mouth an olive branch with green leaves. Noah then understood that the waters had ceased upon the earth.

12 Notwithstanding he wayted yet other seuen dayes, and sent forth the doue, which returned not againe vnto him any more.

And nevertheless, he waited another seven days. And he sent forth the dove, which no longer returned to him.

13 And in the sixe hundreth and one yeere, in the first day of the first moneth the waters were dryed vp from off the earth: and Noah remoued the couering of the Arke and looked, and beholde, the vpper part of the ground was drie.

Therefore, in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the waters were diminished upon the earth. And Noah, opening the cover of the ark, gazed out and saw that the surface of the earth had become dry.

14 And in the second moneth, in the seuen and twentieth day of the moneth was the earth drie.

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

15 Then God spake to Noah, saying,

Then God spoke to Noah, saying:

16 Goe forth of the Arke, thou and thy wife, and thy sonnes and thy sonnes wiues with thee.

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

17 Bring forth with thee euery beast that is with thee, of all flesh, both foule and cattell, and euery thing that creepeth and moueth vpon the earth, that they may breede abundantly in ye earth, and bring forth fruite and increase vpon ye earth.

Bring out with you all the living things that are with you, all that is flesh: as with the birds, so also with the wild beasts and all the animals that move upon the earth. And enter upon the land: increase and multiply upon it.”

18 So Noah came forth, and his sonnes, and his wife, and his sonnes wiues with him.

And so Noah and his sons went out, and his wife and the wives of his sons with him.

19 Euery beast, euery creeping thing, and euery foule, all that moueth vpon the earth after their kindes went out of the Arke.

Then also all living things, and the cattle, and the animals that move upon the earth, according to their kinds, departed from the ark.

20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and tooke of euery cleane beast, and of euery cleane foule, and offered burnt offerings vpon the altar.

Then Noah built an altar to the Lord. And, taking from each of the cattle and birds that were clean, he offered holocausts upon the altar.

21 And the Lord smellled a sauour of rest, and the Lord said in his heart, I will hencefoorth curse the ground no more for mans cause: for the imagination of mans heart is euill, euen from his youth: neither will I smite any more all things liuing, as I haue done.

And the Lord smelled the sweet odor and said: “I will no longer curse the earth because of man. For the feelings and thoughts of the heart of man are prone to evil from his youth. Therefore, I will no longer pierce every living soul as I have done.

22 Hereafter seede time and haruest, and colde and heate, and sommer and winter, and day and night shall not cease, so long as ye earth remaineth.

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

A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark