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 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 abated;

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

The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

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 returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

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

And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon 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 the waters decreased continually till the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

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

And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the 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.

And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, till the waters were dried from off the earth.

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

Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

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

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

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

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 in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off 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 he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again to him any more.

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 it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

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

And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.

15 And the Lord God spoke to Noe, saying,

And God spoke to Noah, saying,

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

Go forth from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.

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.

Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth.

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

And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him:

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.

Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, 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 built an altar to the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt 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 the LORD smelled a 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 living thing, 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 remaineth, 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