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 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.

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 floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

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

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

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

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.

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

It happened at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ship which he had 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 sent forth a raven. It went back and forth, until the waters had dried up from 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;

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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 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.

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

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

15 So then, God spake to Noah, saying:

God spoke to Noah, saying,

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

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

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."

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

And Noah went forth, with his sons, 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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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

A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark