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 remembereth Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle which [are] with him in the ark, and God causeth 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 closed are the fountains of the deep and the net-work of the heavens, and restrained is the shower 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 turn back do the waters from off the earth, going on and returning; and the waters are lacking at the end of a 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 resteth, in the seventh month, in 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 becoming lacking till the tenth month; in the tenth [month], on the first of the month, appeared the heads of the mountains.

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 cometh to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah openeth 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 sendeth forth the raven, and it goeth out, going out and turning back till 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 sendeth 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 hath not found rest for the sole of her foot, and she turneth back unto him, unto the ark, for waters [are] on the face of all the earth, and he putteth out his hand, and taketh her, and bringeth her in unto him, unto the ark.

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

And he stayeth yet other seven days, and addeth 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 cometh in unto him at even-time, and lo, an olive leaf torn off in her mouth; and Noah knoweth 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 stayeth yet other seven days, and sendeth forth the dove, and it added not to turn back unto 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 cometh to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first [month], in the first of the month, the waters have been dried from off the earth; and Noah turneth aside the covering of the ark, and looketh, and lo, the face of the ground hath 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, in the seven and twentieth day of the month, the earth hath become dry.

15 So then, God spake to Noah, saying:

And God speaketh unto Noah, saying, 'Go out from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee;

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 thee, of all flesh, among fowl, and among cattle, and among every creeping thing which is creeping on the earth, bring out with thee;

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 goeth 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 fowl; 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 buildeth an altar to Jehovah, and taketh of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and causeth 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 Jehovah smelleth the sweet fragrance, and Jehovah saith unto His heart, 'I continue not to disesteem any more the ground because of man, though the imagination of the heart of man [is] evil from his youth; and I continue not to smite any more all living, 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 days of the earth, seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, do not cease.'

A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark