Genesis 8

1 And God remembered Noah, and all the beasts, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged;

God considered Noah, all the wild animals, and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters started going down.

2 the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were closed, and it stopped raining.

3 and the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.

The flood waters went down slowly from the earth, and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters had gone down.

4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

The ark came to rest in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

5 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.

The waters continued to go down until the tenth month. On the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains appeared.

6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:

It came about after forty days that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.

7 and he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

He sent out a raven and it flew back and forth until the waters were dried up from the earth.

8 And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

Then he sent out a dove to see if the waters had gone down from the surface of the earth,

9 but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him to the ark; for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her in unto him into the ark.

but the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, for the waters were still covering the whole earth. He reached out with his hand, and took and brought her into the ark with him.

10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;

He waited another seven days and again he sent out the dove from the ark.

11 and the dove came in to him at eventide; and, lo, in her mouth an olive-leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

The dove returned to him in the evening. Look! In her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters had gone down from the earth.

12 And he stayed yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she returned not again unto him any more.

He waited another seven days, and sent out the dove again. She did not return again to him.

13 And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, 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 dried.

It came about in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, that the waters were dried up from off the earth. Noah removed the covering of the ark, looked out, and saw that, behold, the surface of the ground was dry.

14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dry.

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

15 And God spake unto Noah, saying,

God said to Noah,

16 Go forth from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.

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

17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both birds, and cattle, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.

Take out with you every living creature of all flesh that is with you—the birds, the animals, and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth—so that they may grow unto very large numbers of living creatures throughout the earth, be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.”

18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him:

So Noah went out with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives with him.

19 every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, whatsoever moveth upon the earth, after their families, went forth out of the ark.

Every living creature, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, according to their families, left the ark.

20 And Noah builded an altar unto Jehovah, and took of every clean beast, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar.

Noah built an altar to Yahweh. He took some of the clean animals and some of the clean birds, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

21 And Jehovah smelled the sweet savor; and Jehovah said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake, for that the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more everything living, as I have done.

Yahweh smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart, “I will not again curse the ground because of mankind, even though the intentions of their hearts is evil from childhood. Nor will I again destroy everything living, as I have done.

22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night will not cease.”

A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark