בראשית 8

1 וַיִּזְכֹּר אֱלֹהִים אֶת־נֹחַ וְאֵת כׇּל־הַֽחַיָּה וְאֶת־כׇּל־הַבְּהֵמָה אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ בַּתֵּבָה וַיַּעֲבֵר אֱלֹהִים רוּחַ עַל־הָאָרֶץ וַיָּשֹׁכּוּ הַמָּֽיִם׃

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 וַיִּסָּֽכְרוּ מַעְיְנֹת תְּהוֹם וַֽאֲרֻבֹּת הַשָּׁמָיִם וַיִּכָּלֵא הַגֶּשֶׁם מִן־הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃

And the fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

3 וַיָּשֻׁבוּ הַמַּיִם מֵעַל הָאָרֶץ הָלוֹךְ וָשׁוֹב וַיַּחְסְרוּ הַמַּיִם מִקְצֵה חֲמִשִּׁים וּמְאַת יֽוֹם׃

And the waters receded steadily from the land. And after the end of one hundred fifty days the waters had decreased significantly.

4 וַתָּנַח הַתֵּבָה בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי בְּשִׁבְעָה־עָשָׂר יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ עַל הָרֵי אֲרָרָֽט׃

And in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ship came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

5 וְהַמַּיִם הָיוּ הָלוֹךְ וְחָסוֹר עַד הַחֹדֶשׁ הָֽעֲשִׂירִי בָּֽעֲשִׂירִי בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ נִרְאוּ רָאשֵׁי הֶֽהָרִֽים׃

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 וַיְהִי מִקֵּץ אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם וַיִּפְתַּח נֹחַ אֶת־חַלּוֹן הַתֵּבָה אֲשֶׁר עָשָֽׂה׃

It happened at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ship which he had made,

7 וַיְשַׁלַּח אֶת־הָֽעֹרֵב וַיֵּצֵא יָצוֹא וָשׁוֹב עַד־יְבֹשֶׁת הַמַּיִם מֵעַל הָאָֽרֶץ׃

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

8 וַיְשַׁלַּח אֶת־הַיּוֹנָה מֵאִתּוֹ לִרְאוֹת הֲקַלּוּ הַמַּיִם מֵעַל פְּנֵי הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃

Then he sent forth a dove from it, to see if the waters had abated from the surface of the ground,

9 וְלֹֽא־מָצְאָה הַיּוֹנָה מָנוֹחַ לְכַף־רַגְלָהּ וַתָּשׇׁב אֵלָיו אֶל־הַתֵּבָה כִּי־מַיִם עַל־פְּנֵי כׇל־הָאָרֶץ וַיִּשְׁלַח יָדוֹ וַיִּקָּחֶהָ וַיָּבֵא אֹתָהּ אֵלָיו אֶל־הַתֵּבָֽה׃

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 וַיָּחֶל עוֹד שִׁבְעַת יָמִים אֲחֵרִים וַיֹּסֶף שַׁלַּח אֶת־הַיּוֹנָה מִן־הַתֵּבָֽה׃

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

11 וַתָּבֹא אֵלָיו הַיּוֹנָה לְעֵת עֶרֶב וְהִנֵּה עֲלֵה־זַיִת טָרָף בְּפִיהָ וַיֵּדַע נֹחַ כִּי־קַלּוּ הַמַּיִם מֵעַל הָאָֽרֶץ׃

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 וַיִּיָּחֶל עוֹד שִׁבְעַת יָמִים אֲחֵרִים וַיְשַׁלַּח אֶת־הַיּוֹנָה וְלֹֽא־יָסְפָה שׁוּב־אֵלָיו עֽוֹד׃

He stayed yet another seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she did not return to him any more.

13 וַיְהִי בְּאַחַת וְשֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה בָּֽרִאשׁוֹן בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ חָֽרְבוּ הַמַּיִם מֵעַל הָאָרֶץ וַיָּסַר נֹחַ אֶת־מִכְסֵה הַתֵּבָה וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה חָֽרְבוּ פְּנֵי הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃

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 וּבַחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי בְּשִׁבְעָה וְעֶשְׂרִים יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ יָבְשָׁה הָאָֽרֶץ׃

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

15 וַיְדַבֵּר אֱלֹהִים אֶל־נֹחַ לֵאמֹֽר׃

God spoke to Noah, saying,

16 צֵא מִן־הַתֵּבָה אַתָּה וְאִשְׁתְּךָ וּבָנֶיךָ וּנְשֵֽׁי־בָנֶיךָ אִתָּֽךְ׃

"Go out of the ship, you, and your wife, and your sons, and your sons' wives with you.

17 כׇּל־הַחַיָּה אֲשֶֽׁר־אִתְּךָ מִכׇּל־בָּשָׂר בָּעוֹף וּבַבְּהֵמָה וּבְכׇל־הָרֶמֶשׂ הָרֹמֵשׂ עַל־הָאָרֶץ (הוצא) [הַיְצֵא] אִתָּךְ וְשָֽׁרְצוּ בָאָרֶץ וּפָרוּ וְרָבוּ עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

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 וַיֵּצֵא־נֹחַ וּבָנָיו וְאִשְׁתּוֹ וּנְשֵֽׁי־בָנָיו אִתּֽוֹ׃

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

19 כׇּל־הַֽחַיָּה כׇּל־הָרֶמֶשׂ וְכׇל־הָעוֹף כֹּל רוֹמֵשׂ עַל־הָאָרֶץ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתֵיהֶם יָצְאוּ מִן־הַתֵּבָֽה׃

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 וַיִּבֶן נֹחַ מִזְבֵּחַ לַֽיהֹוָה וַיִּקַּח מִכֹּל ׀ הַבְּהֵמָה הַטְּהֹרָה וּמִכֹּל הָעוֹף הַטָּהוֹר וַיַּעַל עֹלֹת בַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃

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 וַיָּרַח יְהֹוָה אֶת־רֵיחַ הַנִּיחֹחַ וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה אֶל־לִבּוֹ לֹֽא־אֹסִף לְקַלֵּל עוֹד אֶת־הָֽאֲדָמָה בַּעֲבוּר הָֽאָדָם כִּי יֵצֶר לֵב הָאָדָם רַע מִנְּעֻרָיו וְלֹֽא־אֹסִף עוֹד לְהַכּוֹת אֶת־כׇּל־חַי כַּֽאֲשֶׁר עָשִֽׂיתִי׃

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 עֹד כׇּל־יְמֵי הָאָרֶץ זֶרַע וְקָצִיר וְקֹר וָחֹם וְקַיִץ וָחֹרֶף וְיוֹם וָלַיְלָה לֹא יִשְׁבֹּֽתוּ׃

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