Genesis 8

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

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

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

3 And the waters retired from the earth, continually retiring; and in the course of a hundred and fifty days the waters abated.

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, on 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 abated continually until the tenth month: in the tenth [month], on the first of the month, the tops of the mountains were 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 out the raven, which went forth going to and fro, until the waters were dried from 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 out the dove from him, to see if the waters had become low on 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 resting-place for the sole of her foot, and returned to him into the ark; for the waters were on the whole earth; and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her to 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 waited 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 to him at eventide; and behold, in her beak was an olive-leaf plucked off; and Noah knew that the waters had become low on 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 waited yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; but she returned no more to him.

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], on the first of the month, that the waters were dried up from the earth. And Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the surface 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 twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.

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

15 And God spoke to Noah, saying,

God said to Noah,

16 Go out of 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 animal which is with thee, of all flesh, fowl as well as cattle, and all the creeping things which creep on the earth, that they may swarm on the earth, and may be fruitful and multiply on 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 out, 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 All the animals, all the creeping things, and all the fowl — everything that moves on the earth, after their kinds, went 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 built an altar to Jehovah; and took of every clean animal, and of all clean fowl, and offered up 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 odour. And Jehovah said in his heart, I will no more henceforth curse the ground on account of Man, for the thought of Man's heart is evil from his youth; and I will no more smite every living thing, 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 Henceforth, all the days of the earth, seed [time] 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