Genesis 8

1 And God remembered Noah, and all the wild animals, and all the tame animals, and all the flying creatures, and all the crawling creatures that were with him in the ship; and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters began to recede.

But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.

2 And the fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

3 And the waters receded steadily from the land. And after the end of one hundred fifty days the waters had decreased significantly.

The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.

4 And in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ship came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

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

5 The waters receded continually to the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains became visible.

And the waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.

6 It happened at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ship which he had made,

After forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark

7 and he sent forth a raven. It went back and forth, until the waters had dried up from the earth.

and sent out a raven. It kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.

8 Then he sent forth a dove from it, to see if the waters had abated from the surface of the ground,

Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.

9 but the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him into the ship; for the waters were on the surface of the whole earth. He put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her to him into the ship.

But the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.

10 And he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ship.

Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.

11 The dove came back to him at evening, and, look, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off. So Noah knew that the waters had abated from the earth.

And behold, the dove returned to him in the evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.

12 He stayed yet another seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she did not return to him any more.

And Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him.

13 And it happened in the six hundred first year of Noah's life, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters had dried up from the earth. And Noah removed the covering of the ship and looked out. And look, the surface of the ground was dry.

In Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.

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

By the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth was fully dry.

15 God spoke to Noah, saying,

Then God said to Noah,

16 "Go out of the ship, you, and your wife, and your sons, and your sons' wives with you.

“Come out of the ark, you and your wife, along with your sons and their wives.

17 Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, of flying creatures, and animals, and every creature that crawls on the earth, that they may swarm on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth."

Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”

18 And Noah went forth, with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives with him.

So Noah came out, along with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives.

19 And every wild animal, and every tame animal, and every flying creature, and every creature that crawls on the earth, after their families, went out of the ship.

Every living creature, every creeping thing, and every bird—everything that moves upon the earth—came out of the ark, kind by kind.

20 Noah built an altar to God, and took of every clean animal, and of every clean flying creature, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar.

21 And God smelled the pleasing aroma, and God said in his heart, "I will never again curse the ground because of humankind, even though the inclination of his heart is evil from his youth, nor will I again destroy every living thing, as I have done.

When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.

22 While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease."

As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”

A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark