Genesis 8
1 Recordatus autem Deus Noe, cunctorumque animantium, et omnium iumentorum, quae erant cum eo in arca, adduxit spiritum super terram, et imminutae sunt aquae.
And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark: and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters were assuaged;
2 Et clausi sunt fontes abyssi, et cataractae caeli: et prohibitae sunt pluviae de caelo.
The fountains also of the deep, and the windows of heaven were stopped; and the rain from heaven was restrained.
3 Reversaeque sunt aquae de terra euntes et redeuntes: et coeperunt minui post centum quinquaginta dies.
And the waters returned from off the earth, gradually returning; and the waters were abated after the end of the hundred and fifty days.
4 Requievitque arca mense septimo, vigesimo septimo die mensis super montes Armeniae.
And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
5 At vero aquae ibant et decrescebant usque ad decimum mensem: decimo enim mense, primo die mensis, apparuerunt cacumina montium.
And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen;
6 Cumque transissent quadraginta dies, aperiens Noe fenestram arcae, quam fecerat, dimisit corvum:
And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made;
7 qui egrediebatur, et non revertebatur, donec siccarentur aquae super terram.
And he sent forth a raven which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
8 Emisit quoque columbam post eum, ut videret si iam cessassent aquae super faciem terrae.
He then sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground.
9 Quae cum non invenisset ubi requiesceret pes eius, reversa est ad eum in arcam: aquae enim erant super universam terram: extenditque manum suam, et apprehensam intulit in arcam.
But the dove found no resting-place for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him unto the ark; for there was water on the face of the whole earth; then he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her into the ark.
10 Expectatis autem ultra septem diebus aliis, rursum dimisit columbam ex arca.
And he stayed yet another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.
11 At illa venit ad eum ad vesperam, portans ramum olivae virentibus foliis in ore suo. intellexit ergo Noe quod cessassent aquae super terram.
And the dove came in to him at the time of the evening; and, lo, an olive-leaf plucked off was in her mouth; so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
12 Expectavitque nihilominus septem alios dies: et emisit columbam, quae non est reversa ultra ad eum.
And he stayed yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; but she returned not again unto him any more.
13 Igitur sexcentesimo primo anno, primo mense, prima die mensis imminutae sunt aquae super terram: et aperiens Noe tectum arcae, aspexit, viditque quod exiccata esset superficies terrae.
And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, that the waters were dried up from off the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
14 Mense secundo, septimo et vigesimo die mensis arefacta est terra.
And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth perfectly dried up.
15 Locutus est autem Deus ad Noe, dicens:
And God spoke unto Noah, saying,
16 Egredere de arca, tu et uxor tua, filii tui et uxores filiorum tuorum tecum.
Go forth from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.
17 Cuncta animantia, quae sunt apud te, ex omni carne, tam in volatilibus quam in bestiis et universis reptilibus, quae reptant super terram, educ tecum, et ingredimini super terram: crescite et multiplicamini super eam.
Every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, bring forth with thee; that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
18 Egressus est ergo Noe, et filii eius: uxor illius, et uxores filiorum eius cum eo.
And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him.
19 Sed et omnia animantia, iumenta, et reptilia quae reptant super terram secundum genus suum, egressa sunt de arca.
Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their families, went forth out of the ark.
20 Aedificavit autem Noe altare Domino: et tollens de cunctis pecoribus et volucribus mundis, obtulit holocausta super altare.
And Noah built an altar unto the Lord, and he took of every clean cattle, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar.
21 Odoratusque est Dominus odorem suavitatis, et ait: Nequaquam ultra maledicam terrae 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 the Lord smelled the sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for the sake of man; although the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth: neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
22 Cunctis diebus terrae, sementis et messis, frigus et aestus, aestas et hiems, nox et dies non requiescent.
All the while the earth remaineth, 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
