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.

God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the livestock that were with him in the ship; and God made a wind to pass over the earth. The waters subsided.

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

The deep’s fountains and the sky’s windows were also stopped, 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 continually receded from the earth. After the end of one hundred fifty days the waters receded.

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

The ship rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on Ararat’s mountains.

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.

The waters receded continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were visible.

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

At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the ship which he had made,

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

and he sent out a raven. It went back and forth, until the waters were 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,

He himself sent out a dove to see if the waters were abated 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 into the ship to him, for the waters were on the surface of the whole earth. He put out his hand, and took her, and brought her to him into the ship.

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

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

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.

The dove came back to him at evening and, behold, in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters were abated from the earth.

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

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

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 the six hundred first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from the earth. Noah removed the covering of the ship, and looked. He 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.

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

15 God spoke to Noah, saying,

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 ship, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons’ wives 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 every living thing that is with you of all flesh, including birds, livestock, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth.”

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

Noah went out, with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives 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.

Every animal, every creeping thing, and every bird, whatever moves on the earth, after their families, went out of the ship.

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.

Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal, and of every clean bird, and 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.

The LORD smelled the pleasant aroma. The LORD said in his heart, “I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake because the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth. I will never again strike every living thing, 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."

While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night will not cease.”

A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark