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 considered Noah, all the wild animals, and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters started going down.

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 of the deep and the windows of heaven were closed, and it stopped raining.

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

The flood waters went down slowly from the earth, and after the end of a hundred and fifty 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.

The ark came to rest in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon 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.

The waters continued to go down until the tenth month. On 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,

It came about after forty days that Noah opened the window of the ark 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.

He sent out a raven and it flew 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,

Then he sent out a dove to see if the waters had gone down from the surface 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 the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, for the waters were still covering the whole earth. He reached out with his hand, and took and brought her into the ark with him.

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

He waited another seven days and again he 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.

The dove returned to him in the evening. Look! In her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters had gone down 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 another seven days, and sent out the dove again. She did not return again 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.

It came about in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, that the waters were dried up from off the earth. Noah removed the covering of the ark, looked out, and saw that, behold, 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 said to Noah,

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, 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."

Take out with you every living creature of all flesh that is with you—the birds, the animals, and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth—so that they may grow unto very large numbers of living creatures throughout the earth, be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.”

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

So 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 living creature, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, according to their families, left 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.

Noah built an altar to Yahweh. He took some of the clean animals and some of the clean birds, 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.

Yahweh smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart, “I will not again curse the ground because of mankind, even though the intentions of their hearts is evil from childhood. Nor will I again destroy everything living, 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, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night will not cease.”

A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark