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,

God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the livestock that were with him in the ship; and God made a wind to pass over the earth. The waters subsided.

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

The deep’s fountains and the sky’s windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky 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.

The waters continually receded from the earth. After the end of one hundred fifty days the waters receded.

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

The ship rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on Ararat’s mountains.

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.

The waters receded continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were visible.

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

At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the ship which he had made,

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.

and he sent out a raven. It went back and forth, until the waters were dried up from 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,

He himself sent out a dove to see if the waters were abated from the surface of the ground,

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 the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned into the ship to him, for the waters were on the surface of the whole earth. He put out his hand, and took her, and brought her to him into the ship.

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

He waited yet another seven days; and again he sent the dove out of the ship.

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.

The dove came back to him at evening and, behold, in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters were abated from 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.

He waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; and she didn’t return to him any more.

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.

In the six hundred first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from the earth. Noah removed the covering of the ship, and looked. He saw that the surface of the ground was 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 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;

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 ship, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons’ wives with you.

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

Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, including birds, livestock, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth.”

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

Noah went out, with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives 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.

Every animal, every creeping thing, and every bird, whatever moves on the earth, after their families, went out of the ship.

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;

Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on 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;

The LORD smelled the pleasant aroma. The LORD said in his heart, “I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake because the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth. I will never again strike every living thing, 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.'

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

A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark