Genesis 8

1 And God remembered Noe, and all the wild beasts, and all the cattle, and all the birds, and all the reptiles that creep, as many as were with him in the ark, and God brought a wind upon the earth, and the water stayed.

And God kept Noah in mind, and all the living things and the cattle which were with him in the ark: and God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters went down.

2 And the fountains of the deep were closed up, and the flood-gates of heaven, and the rain from heaven was withheld.

And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were shut, and the rain from heaven was stopped.

3 And the water subsided, and went off the earth, and after an hundred and fifty days the water was diminished, and the ark rested in the seventh month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.

And the waters went slowly back from the earth, and at the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters were lower.

4 And the water continued to decrease until the tenth month.

And on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

5 And in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the heads of the mountains were seen.

And still the waters went on falling, till on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains were seen.

6 And it came to pass after forty days Noe opened the window of the ark which he had made.

Then, after forty days, through the open window of the ark which he had made,

7 And he sent forth a raven; and it went forth and returned not until the water was dried from off the earth.

Noah sent out a raven, which went this way and that till the waters were gone from the earth.

8 And he sent a dove after it to see if the water had ceased from off the earth.

And he sent out a dove, to see if the waters had gone from the face of the earth;

9 And the dove not having found rest for her feet, returned to him into the ark, because the water was on all the face of the earth, and he stretched out his hand and took her, and brought her to himself into the ark.

But the dove saw no resting-place for her foot, and came back to the ark, for the waters were still over all the earth; and he put out his hand, and took her into the ark.

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

And after waiting another seven days, he sent the dove out again;

11 And the dove returned to him in the evening, and had a leaf of olive, a sprig in her mouth; and Noe knew that the water had ceased from off the earth.

And the dove came back at evening, and in her mouth was an olive-leaf broken off: so Noah was certain that the waters had gone down on the earth.

12 And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove, and she did not return to him again any more.

And after seven days more, he sent the dove out again, but she did not come back to him.

13 And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year of the life of Noe, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the water subsided from off the earth, and Noe opened the covering of the ark which he had made, and he saw that the water had subsided from the face of the earth.

And in the six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters were dry on the earth: and Noah took the cover off the ark and saw that the face of the earth was dry.

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

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

15 And the Lord God spoke to Noe, saying,

And God said to Noah,

16 Come out from the ark, you and your wife and your sons, and your sons' wives with you.

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

17 And all the wild beasts as many as are with you, and all flesh both of birds and beasts, and every reptile moving upon the earth, bring forth with you: and increase you and multiply upon the earth.

Take out with you every living thing which is with you, birds and cattle and everything which goes on the earth, so that they may have offspring and be fertile and be increased on the earth.

18 And Noe came forth, and his wife and his sons, and his sons' wives with him.

And Noah went out with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives;

19 And all the wild beasts and all the cattle and every bird, and every reptile creeping upon the earth after their kind, came forth out of the ark.

And every beast and bird and every living thing of every sort which goes on the earth, went out of the ark.

20 And Noe built an altar to the Lord, and took of all clean beasts, and of all clean birds, and offered a whole burnt offering upon the altar.

And Noah made an altar to the Lord, and from every clean beast and bird he made burned offerings on the altar.

21 And the Lord God smelled a smell of sweetness, and the Lord God having considered, said, I will not any more curse the earth, because of the works of men, because the imagination of man is intently bent upon evil things from his youth, I will not therefore any more strike all living flesh as I have done.

And when the sweet smell came up to the Lord, he said in his heart, I will not again put a curse on the earth because of man, for the thoughts of man's heart are evil from his earliest days; never again will I send destruction on all living things as I have done.

22 All the days of the earth, seed and harvest, cold and heat, summer and spring, shall not cease by day or night.

While the earth goes on, seed time and the getting in of the grain, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, will not come to an end.

A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark