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.

And God remembered Noe, and all the living creatures, and all the cattle which were with him in the ark, and brought a wind upon the earth, and the waters were abated.

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

The fountains also of the deep, and the flood gates of heaven were shut up, and the rain from heaven 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.

And the waters returned from off the earth going and coming: and they began to be abated after a hundred and fifty days.

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

And the ark rested in the seventh month, the seven and twentieth day of the month, upon the mountains of Armenia.

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 were going and decreasing until the tenth month: for in the tenth month, the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains appeared.

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

And after that forty days were passed, Noe, opening the window of the ark which he had made, sent forth a raven:

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

Which went forth and did not return, till the waters were dried up upon the earth.

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

He sent forth also a dove after him, to see if the waters had now ceased upon the face of the earth.

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 she, not finding where her foot might rest, returned to him into the ark: for the waters were upon the whole earth: and he put forth his hand, and caught her, and brought her into the ark.

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

And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove out of 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 she came to him in the evening, carrying a bough of an olive tree, with green leaves, in her mouth. Noe therefore understood that the waters were ceased upon the earth.

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

And he stayed yet other seven days: and he sent forth the dove, which returned not any more unto 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.

Therefore in the six hundredth and first year, the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were lessened upon the earth, and Noe opening the covering of the ark, looked, and saw that the face of the earth was dried.

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

In the second month, the seven and twentieth day of the month, the earth was dried.

15 God spoke to Noah, saying,

And God spoke to Noe, saying:

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

Go out of the ark, thou and thy wife, thy sons, and the wives of thy sons with thee.

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."

All living things that are with thee of all flesh, as well in fowls as in beasts, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, bring out with thee, and go ye upon the earth: increase and multiply upon it.

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

So Noe went out, he and his sons: his wife, and the wives of his sons with him.

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.

And all living things, and cattle, and creeping things that creep upon the earth, according to their kinds, went out of the ark.

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.

And Noe built an altar unto the Lord: and taking of all cattle and fowls that were clean, offered holocausts upon 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.

And the Lord smelled a sweet savour, and said: I will no more curse the earth for the sake of man: for the imagination and thought of man’s heart are prone to evil from his youth: therefore I will no more destroy every living soul 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."

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

A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark