Genesis 8

1 Recordatus autem Deus Noë, cunctorumque animantium, et omnium jumentorum, quæ erant cum eo in arca, adduxit spiritum super terram, et imminutæ sunt aquæ.

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,

2 Et clausi sunt fontes abyssi, et cataractæ cæli: et prohibitæ sunt pluviæ de cælo.

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

3 Reversæque sunt aquæ de terra euntes et redeuntes: et cœperunt minui post centum quinquaginta dies.

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.

4 Requievitque arca mense septimo, vigesimo septimo die mensis, super montes Armeniæ.

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

5 At vero aquæ ibant et decrescebant usque ad decimum mensem: decimo enim mense, primo die mensis, apparuerunt cacumina montium.

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.

6 Cumque transissent quadraginta dies, aperiens Noë fenestram arcæ, quam fecerat, dimisit corvum,

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

7 qui egrediebatur, et non revertebatur, donec siccarentur aquæ super terram.

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.

8 Emisit quoque columbam post eum, ut videret si jam cessassent aquæ super faciem terræ.

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

9 Quæ cum non invenisset ubi requiesceret pes ejus, reversa est ad eum in arcam: aquæ enim erant super universam terram: extenditque manum, et apprehensam intulit in arcam.

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.

10 Expectatis autem ultra septem diebus aliis, rursum dimisit columbam ex arca.

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

11 At illa venit ad eum ad vesperam, portans ramum olivæ virentibus foliis in ore suo: intellexit ergo Noë quod cessassent aquæ super terram.

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.

12 Expectavitque nihilominus septem alios dies: et emisit columbam, quæ non est reversa ultra ad eum.

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

13 Igitur sexcentesimo primo anno, primo mense, prima die mensis, imminutæ sunt aquæ super terram: et aperiens Noë tectum arcæ, aspexit, viditque quod exsiccata esset superficies terræ.

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.

14 Mense secundo, septimo et vigesimo die mensis arefacta est terra.

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

15 Locutus est autem Deus ad Noë, dicens:

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

16 Egredere de arca, tu et uxor tua, filii tui et uxores filiorum tuorum tecum.

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;

17 Cuncta animantia, quæ sunt apud te, ex omni carne, tam in volatilibus quam in bestiis et universis reptilibus, quæ reptant super terram, educ tecum, et ingredimini super terram: crescite et multiplicamini super eam.

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

18 Egressus est ergo Noë, et filii ejus: uxor illius, et uxores filiorum ejus cum eo.

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

19 Sed et omnia animantia, jumenta, et reptilia quæ reptant super terram, secundum genus suum, egressa sunt de arca.

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

20 Ædificavit autem Noë altare Domino: et tollens de cunctis pecoribus et volucribus mundis, obtulit holocausta super altare.

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;

21 Odoratusque est Dominus odorem suavitatis, et ait: Nequaquam ultra maledicam terræ propter homines: sensus enim et cogitatio humani cordis in malum prona sunt ab adolescentia sua: non igitur ultra percutiam omnem animam viventem sicut feci.

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;

22 Cunctis diebus terræ, sementis et messis, frigus et æstus, æstas et hiems, nox et dies non requiescent.

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.'

A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark