Genesis 8
1 Forsothe the Lord hadde mynde of Noe, and of alle lyuynge beestis, and of alle werk beestis, that weren with hym in the schip; and brouyte a wynd on the erthe.
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 watris weren decreessid, and the wellis of the see weren closid, and the wyndowis of heuene weren closid, and reynes of heuene weren ceessid.
And the fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.
3 And watrys turneden ayen fro erthe, and yeden ayen, and bigunnen to be decreessid aftir an hundrid and fifti daies.
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 schip restide in the seuenthe monthe, in the seuene and twentithe dai of the monthe, on the hillis of Armenye.
And in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ship came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
5 And sotheli the watrys yeden and decresiden til to the tenthe monethe, for in the tenthe monethe, in the firste dai of the monethe, the coppis of hillis apperiden.
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 whanne fourti daies weren passid, Noe openyde the wyndow of the schip which he hadde maad, and sente out a crowe,
It happened at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ship which he had made,
7 which yede out, and turnede not ayen til the watris weren dried on erthe.
and he sent forth a raven. It went back and forth, until the waters had dried up from the earth.
8 Also Noe sente out a culuer aftir hym, to se if the watris hadden ceessid thanne on the face of erthe;
Then he sent forth a dove from it, to see if the waters had abated from the surface of the ground,
9 and whanne the culuer foond not where hir foot schulde reste, sche turnede ayen to hym in to the schip, for the watris weren on al erthe; and Noe helde forth his hoond, and brouyte the culuer takun in to the schip.
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 Sotheli whanne othere seuene daies weren abedun aftirward, eft he leet out a culuer fro the schip;
And he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ship.
11 and sche cam to hym at euentid, and bare in hir mouth a braunche of olyue tre with greene leeuys. Therfor Noe vndirstood that the watris hadden ceessid on erthe;
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 neuerthelesse he abood seuene othere daies, and sente out a culuer, which turnede `no more ayen to hym.
He stayed yet another seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she did not return to him any more.
13 Therfor in the sixe hundrid and o yeer of the lijf of Noe, in the firste monethe, in the firste day of the monethe, watris weren decreessid on erthe; and Noe openede the roof of the schip, and bihelde and seiy that the face of the erthe 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 In the secunde monethe, in the seuene and twentithe dai of the monethe, the erthe was maad drie.
In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
15 Sotheli the Lord spak to Noe;
God spoke to Noah, saying,
16 and seide, Go out of the schip, thou, and thi wijf, thi sones, and the wyues of thi sones with thee;
"Go out of the ship, you, and your wife, and your sons, and your sons' wives with you.
17 and lede out with thee alle lyuynge beestis that ben at thee of ech fleisch, as wel in volatilis as in vnresonable beestis, and alle `reptils that crepen on erthe; and entre ye on the erthe, encreesse ye, and be ye multiplied on erthe.
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 Therfor Noe yede out, and hise sones, and his wijf, and the wyues of hise sones with hym;
And Noah went forth, with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives with him.
19 but also alle lyuynge beestis, and werk beestis, and `reptils that crepen on erthe, bi her kynde, yeden out of the schip.
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 Forsothe Noe bildide an auter to the Lord, and he took of alle clene beestis and briddis, and offride brent sacrifices on the auter.
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 the Lord sauerede the odour of swetnesse, and seide to hym, Y schal no more curse the erthe for men, for the wit and thouyt of mannus herte ben redi in to yuel fro yong wexynge age; therfor Y schal no more smyte ech lyuynge soule as Y dide;
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 in alle the daies of erthe, seed and ripe corn, coold and heete, somer and wyntir, nyyt and dai, shulen not reste.
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
