Genesis 8

1 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.

And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark: and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters were assuaged;

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

The fountains also of the deep, and the windows of heaven were stopped; and the rain from heaven was restrained.

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

And the waters returned from off the earth, gradually returning; and the waters were abated after the end of the hundred and fifty days.

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

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

5 The waters continued to go down until the tenth month. On the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains appeared.

And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen;

6 It came about after forty days that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.

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

7 He sent out a raven and it flew back and forth until the waters were dried up from the earth.

And he sent forth a raven which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

8 Then he sent out a dove to see if the waters had gone down from the surface of the earth,

He then sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground.

9 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.

But the dove found no resting-place for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him unto the ark; for there was water on the face of the whole earth; then he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her into the ark.

10 He waited another seven days and again he sent out the dove from the ark.

And he stayed yet another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.

11 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.

And the dove came in to him at the time of the evening; and, lo, an olive-leaf plucked off was in her mouth; so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

12 He waited another seven days, and sent out the dove again. She did not return again to him.

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

13 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.

And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, that the waters were dried up from off the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

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

And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth perfectly dried up.

15 God said to Noah,

And God spoke unto Noah, saying,

16 “Go out of the ark, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons' wives with you.

Go forth from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.

17 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.”

Every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, bring forth with thee; that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.

18 So Noah went out with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives with him.

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

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

Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their families, went forth out of the ark.

20 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.

And Noah built an altar unto the Lord, and he took of every clean cattle, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar.

21 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.

And the Lord smelled the sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for the sake of man; although the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth: neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

22 While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night will not cease.”

All the while the earth remaineth, 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