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.

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 And the fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky 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 receded steadily from the land. And after the end of one hundred fifty days the waters had decreased significantly.

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 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, on the twenty-seventh 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.

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 It happened at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ship 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. It went back and forth, until the waters had dried up from the earth.

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

8 Then he sent forth a dove from it, to see if the waters had abated from the surface 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 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 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 waited yet another seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ship.

And then, having waited a further seven 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 in her mouth an olive branch with green leaves. Noah then understood that the waters had 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 nevertheless, he waited another seven days. And he sent forth the dove, which no longer returned 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.

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

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

15 God spoke to Noah, saying,

Then God spoke to Noah, 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, you and your wife, your sons and the wives of your sons with you.

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 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, with his sons, 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 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.

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 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 each of the cattle and birds that were clean, he 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 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 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, will not cease.”

A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark