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 remembered Noah, and all the wild—beasts and all the tame-beasts that were with him in the ark, —and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided;

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

and the fountains of the roaring-deep were shut, and the windows of the heavens, —and the heavy rain was restrained from the heavens;

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

and the waters returned from off the earth they went on returning, —and so the waters decreased at the end of a hundred and fifty days.

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

And the ark rested, in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, —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

But, the waters went on decreasing, until the tenth month, —in the tenth [month], on the first of the month, were seen the tops of the mountains.

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 that he had made;

7 qui egrediebatur et revertebatur donec siccarentur aquae super terram

and sent forth a raven, —and it kept going forth and returning, until the drying up of the waters from off the earth.

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

And he sent forth a dove from him, —to see whether the waters had 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 et adprehensam intulit in arcam

but the dove found no resting-place for the sole of her foot so she returned unto him into the ark, for, waters, were on the face of all the earth; and he put forth his hand and took her, and brought her in unto him, into the ark.

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

Then stayed he yet seven days more, —and, again 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 unto him at eventide, and lo! a newly sprouted olive-leaf, in her mouth, —so Noah knew that the waters had 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 seven days more, —and sent forth the dove, but she returned not again unto him any more.

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

So it came to pass in the six hundred and first year at the beginning, on the first of the month, that the waters had dried up from off the earth, —and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked and lo! the face of the ground was dried.

14 mense secundo septima et vicesima die mensis arefacta est terra

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

15 locutus est autem Deus ad Noe dicens

So then, God spake to Noah, saying:

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

Come forth out of 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 in universis reptilibus quae reptant super terram educ tecum et ingredimini super terram crescite et multiplicamini super eam

All the living creatures that are with thee of all flesh among birds, and among beasts, and among all the creeping things that creep on the earth, bring forth with thee, —and they shall swarm in the earth, and be fruitful and multiply, on the earth.

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

So Noah came forth, —and his sons and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him:

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

All the living creatures, all that move along, and all birds, and all that moveth along over the earth—by their families, came 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 builded an altar to Yahweh, —and took of all the clean beasts and of all the clean birds, and caused ascending Sacrifices to go up 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 Yahweh smelled a satisfying odour, so Yahweh said to himself. I will not, again, curse any more the ground for man’s sake, although the device of the heart of man, be wicked from his youth, —neither will I again, any more smite every living thing, as I have done.

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

During all the days of the earth, seedtime 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