Genesis 8

1 And god remebred Noe and all ye beastes and all ye catell yt were with hi in ye arke And god made a wynde to blow vppo ye erth and ye waters ceased:

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 ad ye fountaynes of the depe ad the wyndowes of heave were stopte and the rayne of heaven was forbidde

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 of ye erth ad abated after the ende of an hundred and. l. dayes.

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 arke rested vppo the mountayns of Ararat the. xvij. daye of the. vij. moneth.

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

5 And the waters went away ad decreased vntyll the x. moneth. And the fyrst daye of the tenth moneth the toppes of the mounteyns appered.

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 after the ende of. xl. dayes. Noe opened the wyndow of the arke which 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 ad sent forth a raven which went out ever goinge and cominge agayne vntyll the waters were dreyed vpp vppon the erth

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

8 Then sent he forth a doue from hym to wete whether the waters were fallen from of the erth.

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 And when the doue coude fynde no restinge place for hyr fote she returned to him agayne vnto the arke for the waters were vppon the face of all the erth. And he put out hys honde and toke her and pulled hyr to hym in to the arke

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 And he abode yet. vij. dayes mo and sent out the doue agayne out of the arke

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

11 And the doue came to hym agayne aboute eventyde and beholde: There was in hyr mouth a lefe of an olyve tre which she had plucked wherby Noe perceaved that the waters wer abated vppon the erth.

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 taried yet. vij. other dayes and sent forth the doue which from thence forth came no more agayne to him.

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

13 And it came to passe the syxte hundred and one yere and the fyrst daye of the fyrst moneth that the waters were dryed vpp apon the erth. And Noe toke off the hatches of the arke and loked: And beholde the face of the erth was drye.

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 so by the. xxvij. daye of the seconde moneth the erth was drye.

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

15 And God spake vnto Noe saynge:

Then God spoke to Noah, saying:

16 come out of the arcke both thou and thy wyfe ad thy sonnes and thy sonnes wyues with the.

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

17 And all the beastes that are with the whatsoever flesh it be both foule and catell and all maner wormes that crepe on the erth brynge out with the and let them moue growe ad multiplye vppon the erth.

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 And Noe came out ad his sonnes and his wyfe and his sonnes wyues with hym.

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

19 And all the beastes and all the wormes and all the foules and all that moved vppon the erth came also out of the arke all of one kynde together.

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 Noe made an aulter vnto the LORDE and toke of all maner of clene beastes and all maner of clene foules and offred sacrifyce vppon the aulter.

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 the LORDE smellyd a swete savoure and sayd in his hert: I wyll henceforth no more curse the erth for mannes sake for the imagynacion of mannes hert is evell even from the very youth of hym. Morover I wyll not destroy from henceforth all that lyveth as I haue 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 Nether shall sowynge tyme and harvest colde and hete somere and wynter daye and nyghte ceasse as longe as the erth endureth.

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