Genesis 8

1 And god remebred Noe and all ye beastes and all ye catell yt were with hi in ye arke And god made a wynde to blow vppo ye erth and ye waters ceased:

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;

2 ad ye fountaynes of the depe ad the wyndowes of heave were stopte and the rayne of heaven was forbidde

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

3 and the waters returned from of ye erth ad abated after the ende of an hundred and. l. dayes.

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.

4 And the arke rested vppo the mountayns of Ararat the. xvij. daye of the. vij. moneth.

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

5 And the waters went away ad decreased vntyll the x. moneth. And the fyrst daye of the tenth moneth the toppes of the mounteyns appered.

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.

6 And after the ende of. xl. dayes. Noe opened the wyndow of the arke which he had made

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

7 ad sent forth a raven which went out ever goinge and cominge agayne vntyll the waters were dreyed vpp vppon the erth

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

8 Then sent he forth a doue from hym to wete whether the waters were fallen from of the erth.

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

9 And when the doue coude fynde no restinge place for hyr fote she returned to him agayne vnto the arke for the waters were vppon the face of all the erth. And he put out hys honde and toke her and pulled hyr to hym in to the arke

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.

10 And he abode yet. vij. dayes mo and sent out the doue agayne out of the arke

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

11 And the doue came to hym agayne aboute eventyde and beholde: There was in hyr mouth a lefe of an olyve tre which she had plucked wherby Noe perceaved that the waters wer abated vppon the erth.

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.

12 And he taried yet. vij. other dayes and sent forth the doue which from thence forth came no more agayne to him.

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

13 And it came to passe the syxte hundred and one yere and the fyrst daye of the fyrst moneth that the waters were dryed vpp apon the erth. And Noe toke off the hatches of the arke and loked: And beholde the face of the erth was drye.

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.

14 so by the. xxvij. daye of the seconde moneth the erth was drye.

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

15 And God spake vnto Noe saynge:

So then, God spake to Noah, saying:

16 come out of the arcke both thou and thy wyfe ad thy sonnes and thy sonnes wyues with the.

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

17 And all the beastes that are with the whatsoever flesh it be both foule and catell and all maner wormes that crepe on the erth brynge out with the and let them moue growe ad multiplye vppon the erth.

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.

18 And Noe came out ad his sonnes and his wyfe and his sonnes wyues with hym.

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

19 And all the beastes and all the wormes and all the foules and all that moved vppon the erth came also out of the arke all of one kynde together.

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.

20 And Noe made an aulter vnto the LORDE and toke of all maner of clene beastes and all maner of clene foules and offred sacrifyce vppon the aulter.

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.

21 And the LORDE smellyd a swete savoure and sayd in his hert: I wyll henceforth no more curse the erth for mannes sake for the imagynacion of mannes hert is evell even from the very youth of hym. Morover I wyll not destroy from henceforth all that lyveth as I haue done.

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.

22 Nether shall sowynge tyme and harvest colde and hete somere and wynter daye and nyghte ceasse as longe as the erth endureth.

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.

A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark