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 animal, and all the cattle that [were] with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters were checked.

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 continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

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, till 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, till the waters were dried 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,

Also he 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 rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned to him into the ark; for the waters [were] on the face of the whole earth. Then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in to him into the ark.

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

And he stayed yet other 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 in the evening, and lo, in her mouth [was] an olive-leaf plucked off: 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; which returned not again to 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], the first [day] of the month, the waters were dried 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 dried.

15 God said to Noah,

And God spoke to 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.”

Bring forth with thee every living animal that [is] with thee, of all flesh, of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping animal that creepeth upon the earth; 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 animal, and every fowl, [and] whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went 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 to the LORD, and took of every clean beast, 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 a sweet savor; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart [is] evil from his youth: neither will I again smite any more every living animal 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.”

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