Genesis 8

1 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;

Then God remembered Noah, and all living things, and all the cattle, which were with him in the ark, and he brought a wind across the earth, and the waters were diminished.

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

And the fountains of the abyss and the floodgates of heaven were closed. And the rain from heaven was restrained.

3 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.

And the waters were restored to their coming and going from the earth. And they began to diminish after one hundred and fifty days.

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

And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, upon the mountains of Armenia.

5 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.

Yet in truth, the waters were departing and decreasing until the tenth month. For in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tips of the mountains appeared.

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

And when forty days had passed, Noah, opening the window that he had made in the ark, sent forth a raven,

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

which went forth and did not return, until the waters were dried up across the earth.

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

Likewise, he sent forth a dove after him, in order to see if the waters had now ceased upon the face of the earth.

9 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.

But when she did not find a place where her foot might rest, she returned to him in the ark. For the waters were upon the whole earth. And he extended his hand and caught her, and he brought her into the ark.

10 Then stayed he yet seven days more, —and, again sent forth the dove out of the ark.

And then, having waited a further seven days, he again sent forth the dove out of the ark.

11 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.

And she came to him in the evening, carrying in her mouth an olive branch with green leaves. Noah then understood that the waters had ceased upon the earth.

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

And nevertheless, he waited another seven days. And he sent forth the dove, which no longer returned to him.

13 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.

Therefore, in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the waters were diminished upon the earth. And Noah, opening the cover of the ark, gazed out and saw that the surface of the earth had become dry.

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

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

15 So then, God spake to Noah, saying:

Then God spoke to Noah, saying:

16 Come forth out of the ark, —thou and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.

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

17 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.

Bring out with you all the living things that are with you, all that is flesh: as with the birds, so also with the wild beasts and all the animals that move upon the earth. And enter upon the land: increase and multiply upon it.”

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

And so Noah and his sons went out, and his wife and the wives of his sons with him.

19 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.

Then also all living things, and the cattle, and the animals that move upon the earth, according to their kinds, departed from the ark.

20 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.

Then Noah built an altar to the Lord. And, taking from each of the cattle and birds that were clean, he offered holocausts upon the altar.

21 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.

And the Lord smelled the sweet odor and said: “I will no longer curse the earth because of man. For the feelings and thoughts of the heart of man are prone to evil from his youth. Therefore, I will no longer pierce every living soul as I have done.

22 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.

All the days of the earth, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, night and day, will not cease.”

A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark