Genesis 8

1 And God remembered Noah, and all the wild—beasts and all the tame-beasts that were with him in the ark, —and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided;

And God remembers Noah, and every living thing, and all the livestock which [are] with him in the Ark, and God causes a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subside,

2 and the fountains of the roaring-deep were shut, and the windows of the heavens, —and the heavy rain was restrained from the heavens;

and the fountains of the deep and the network of the heavens are closed, and the shower is restrained from the heavens.

3 and the waters returned from off the earth they went on returning, —and so the waters decreased at the end of a hundred and fifty days.

And the waters return from off the earth, going on and returning; and the waters are lacking at the end of one hundred and fifty days.

4 And the ark rested, in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, —on the mountains of Ararat.

And the Ark rests, in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on mountains of Ararat;

5 But, the waters went on decreasing, until the tenth month, —in the tenth [month], on the first of the month, were seen the tops of the mountains.

and the waters have been going and decreasing until the tenth month; in the tenth [month], on the first of the month, the heads of the mountains appeared.

6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made;

And it comes to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah opens the window of the Ark which he made,

7 and sent forth a raven, —and it kept going forth and returning, until the drying up of the waters from off the earth.

and he sends forth the raven, and it goes out, going out and turning back until the drying of the waters from off the earth.

8 And he sent forth a dove from him, —to see whether the waters had abated, from off the face of the ground;

And he sends forth the dove from him to see whether the waters have been lightened from off the face of the ground,

9 but the dove found no resting-place for the sole of her foot so she returned unto him into the ark, for, waters, were on the face of all the earth; and he put forth his hand and took her, and brought her in unto him, into the ark.

and the dove has not found rest for the sole of her foot, and she turns back to him, to the Ark, for waters [are] on the face of all the earth, and he puts out his hand, and takes her, and brings her in to him, into the Ark.

10 Then stayed he yet seven days more, —and, again sent forth the dove out of the ark.

And he stays yet seven more days, and adds to send forth the dove from the Ark;

11 And the dove came in unto him at eventide, and lo! a newly sprouted olive-leaf, in her mouth, —so Noah knew that the waters had abated from off the earth.

and the dove comes to him at evening, and behold, an olive leaf [is] torn off in her mouth; and Noah knows that the waters have been lightened from off the earth.

12 And he stayed yet seven days more, —and sent forth the dove, but she returned not again unto him any more.

And he stays yet seven more days, and sends forth the dove, and it did not add to return to him anymore.

13 So it came to pass in the six hundred and first year at the beginning, on the first of the month, that the waters had dried up from off the earth, —and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked and lo! the face of the ground was dried.

And it comes to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first [month], on the first of the month, the waters have been dried from off the earth; and Noah turns aside the covering of the Ark, and looks, and behold, the face of the ground has been dried.

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

And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth has become dry.

15 So then, God spake to Noah, saying:

And God speaks to Noah, saying, “Go out from the Ark, you, and your wife, and your sons, and your sons’ wives with you;

16 Come forth out of the ark, —thou and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.

every living thing that [is] with you, of all flesh, among bird, and among livestock, and among every creeping thing which is creeping on the earth, bring out with you;

17 All the living creatures that are with thee of all flesh among birds, and among beasts, and among all the creeping things that creep on the earth, bring forth with thee, —and they shall swarm in the earth, and be fruitful and multiply, on the earth.

and they have teemed in the earth, and been fruitful, and have multiplied on the earth.”

18 So Noah came forth, —and his sons and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him:

And Noah goes out, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him;

19 All the living creatures, all that move along, and all birds, and all that moveth along over the earth—by their families, came forth out of the ark.

every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird; every creeping thing on the earth, after their families, have gone out from the Ark.

20 And Noah builded an altar to Yahweh, —and took of all the clean beasts and of all the clean birds, and caused ascending Sacrifices to go up on the altar.

And Noah builds an altar to YHWH, and takes from every clean beast and from every clean bird, and causes burnt-offerings to ascend on the altar;

21 And Yahweh smelled a satisfying odour, so Yahweh said to himself. I will not, again, curse any more the ground for man’s sake, although the device of the heart of man, be wicked from his youth, —neither will I again, any more smite every living thing, as I have done.

and YHWH smells the refreshing fragrance, and YHWH says to His heart, “I do not continue to disfavor the ground because of man anymore, though the imagination of the heart of man [is] evil from his youth; and I do not continue to strike all living anymore, as I have done;

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

during all [the] days of the earth, seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night never cease.”

A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark