Genesis 8

1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged;

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 fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven 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 off the earth continually; and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.

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 the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains 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 decreased continually until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

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 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark 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 he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

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

8 And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground.

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

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 stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.

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

11 And the dove came in to him at eventide; and lo in her mouth an olive-leaf freshly plucked; so Noah knew 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 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; and she returned not again unto him any more.

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

13 And it came to pass in the six hundred 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 dried.

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 month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dry.

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

15 And God spoke unto Noah, saying:

Then God spoke to Noah, saying:

16 'Go forth from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives 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 every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both fowl, and cattle, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may swarm in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the 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 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him;

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

19 every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, whatsoever moveth upon the earth, after their families; went forth out of the ark.

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 And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt-offerings on 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 smelled the sweet savour; and the LORD 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.

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 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.'

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