Genesis 8

1 recordatus autem Deus Noe cunctarumque animantium et omnium iumentorum quae erant cum eo in arca adduxit spiritum super terram et inminutae sunt aquae

And God kept Noah in mind, and all the living things and the cattle which were with him in the ark: and God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters went down.

2 et clausi sunt fontes abyssi et cataractae caeli et prohibitae sunt pluviae de caelo

And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were shut, and the rain from heaven was stopped.

3 reversaeque aquae de terra euntes et redeuntes et coeperunt minui post centum quinquaginta dies

And the waters went slowly back from the earth, and at the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters were lower.

4 requievitque arca mense septimo vicesima septima die mensis super montes Armeniae

And on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

5 at vero aquae ibant et decrescebant usque ad decimum mensem decimo enim mense prima die mensis apparuerunt cacumina montium

And still the waters went on falling, till on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains were seen.

6 cumque transissent quadraginta dies aperiens Noe fenestram arcae quam fecerat dimisit corvum

Then, after forty days, through the open window of the ark which he had made,

7 qui egrediebatur et revertebatur donec siccarentur aquae super terram

Noah sent out a raven, which went this way and that till the waters were gone from the earth.

8 emisit quoque columbam post eum ut videret si iam cessassent aquae super faciem terrae

And he sent out a dove, to see if the waters had gone from the face of the earth;

9 quae cum non invenisset ubi requiesceret pes eius reversa est ad eum in arcam aquae enim erant super universam terram extenditque manum et adprehensam intulit in arcam

But the dove saw no resting-place for her foot, and came back to the ark, for the waters were still over all the earth; and he put out his hand, and took her into the ark.

10 expectatis autem ultra septem diebus aliis rursum dimisit columbam ex arca

And after waiting another seven days, he sent the dove out again;

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 back at evening, and in her mouth was an olive-leaf broken off: so Noah was certain that the waters had gone down on the earth.

12 expectavitque nihilominus septem alios dies et emisit columbam quae non est reversa ultra ad eum

And after seven days more, he sent the dove out again, but she did not come back to him.

13 igitur sescentesimo primo anno primo mense prima die mensis inminutae sunt aquae super terram et aperiens Noe tectum arcae aspexit viditque quod exsiccata esset superficies terrae

And in the six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters were dry on the earth: and Noah took the cover off the ark and saw that the face of the earth was dry.

14 mense secundo septima et vicesima die mensis arefacta est terra

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

15 locutus est autem Deus ad Noe dicens

And God said to Noah,

16 egredere de arca tu et uxor tua filii tui et uxores filiorum tuorum tecum

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

17 cuncta animantia quae sunt apud te ex omni carne tam in volatilibus quam in bestiis et in universis reptilibus quae reptant super terram educ tecum et ingredimini super terram crescite et multiplicamini super eam

Take out with you every living thing which is with you, birds and cattle and everything which goes on the earth, so that they may have offspring and be fertile and be increased on the earth.

18 egressus est ergo Noe et filii eius uxor illius et uxores filiorum eius cum eo

And Noah went out with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives;

19 sed et omnia animantia iumenta et reptilia quae repunt super terram secundum genus suum arcam egressa sunt

And every beast and bird and every living thing of every sort which goes on the earth, went out of the ark.

20 aedificavit autem Noe altare Domino et tollens de cunctis pecoribus et volucribus mundis obtulit holocausta super altare

And Noah made an altar to the Lord, and from every clean beast and bird he made burned offerings on the altar.

21 odoratusque est Dominus odorem suavitatis et ait ad eum nequaquam ultra maledicam terrae propter homines sensus enim et cogitatio humani cordis in malum prona sunt ab adulescentia sua non igitur ultra percutiam omnem animantem sicut feci

And when the sweet smell came up to the Lord, he said in his heart, I will not again put a curse on the earth because of man, for the thoughts of man's heart are evil from his earliest days; never again will I send destruction on all living things as I have done.

22 cunctis diebus terrae sementis et messis frigus et aestus aestas et hiemps nox et dies non requiescent

While the earth goes on, seed time and the getting in of the grain, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, will not come to an end.

A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark