Genesis 8

1 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,

Then God remembered Noah, and all living things, and all the cattle, which were with him in the ark, and he brought a wind across the earth, and the waters were diminished.

2 and closed are the fountains of the deep and the net-work of the heavens, and restrained is the shower from the heavens.

And the fountains of the abyss and the floodgates of heaven were closed. And the rain from heaven was restrained.

3 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.

And the waters were restored to their coming and going from the earth. And they began to diminish after one hundred and fifty days.

4 And the ark resteth, in the seventh month, in the seventeenth day of the month, on mountains of Ararat;

And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, upon the mountains of Armenia.

5 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.

Yet in truth, the waters were departing and decreasing until the tenth month. For in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tips of the mountains appeared.

6 And it cometh to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah openeth the window of the ark which he made,

And when forty days had passed, Noah, opening the window that he had made in the ark, sent forth a raven,

7 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.

which went forth and did not return, until the waters were dried up across the earth.

8 And he sendeth forth the dove from him to see whether the waters have been lightened from off the face of the ground,

Likewise, he sent forth a dove after him, in order to see if the waters had now ceased upon the face of the earth.

9 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.

But when she did not find a place where her foot might rest, she returned to him in the ark. For the waters were upon the whole earth. And he extended his hand and caught her, and he brought her into the ark.

10 And he stayeth yet other seven days, and addeth to send forth the dove from the ark;

And then, having waited a further seven days, he again sent forth the dove out of the ark.

11 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.

And she came to him in the evening, carrying in her mouth an olive branch with green leaves. Noah then understood that the waters had ceased upon the earth.

12 And he stayeth yet other seven days, and sendeth forth the dove, and it added not to turn back unto him any more.

And nevertheless, he waited another seven days. And he sent forth the dove, which no longer returned to him.

13 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.

Therefore, in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the waters were diminished upon the earth. And Noah, opening the cover of the ark, gazed out and saw that the surface of the earth had become dry.

14 And in the second month, in the seven and twentieth day of the month, the earth hath become dry.

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

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

Then God spoke to Noah, saying:

16 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;

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

17 and they have teemed in the earth, and been fruitful, and have multiplied on the earth.'

Bring out with you all the living things that are with you, all that is flesh: as with the birds, so also with the wild beasts and all the animals that move upon the earth. And enter upon the land: increase and multiply upon it.”

18 And Noah goeth out, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him;

And so Noah and his sons went out, and his wife and the wives of his sons with him.

19 every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl; every creeping thing on the earth, after their families, have gone out from the ark.

Then also all living things, and the cattle, and the animals that move upon the earth, according to their kinds, departed from the ark.

20 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;

Then Noah built an altar to the Lord. And, taking from each of the cattle and birds that were clean, he offered holocausts upon the altar.

21 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;

And the Lord smelled the sweet odor and said: “I will no longer curse the earth because of man. For the feelings and thoughts of the heart of man are prone to evil from his youth. Therefore, I will no longer pierce every living soul as I have done.

22 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.'

All the days of the earth, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, night and day, will not cease.”

A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark