Genesis 8

1 And God kept Noah in mind, and all the living things and the cattle which were with him in the ark: and God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters went down.

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

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 And the waters went slowly back from the earth, and at the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters were lower.

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 And on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

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

5 And still the waters went on falling, till on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains were seen.

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 Then, after forty days, through the open window of the ark which he had made,

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

7 Noah sent out a raven, which went this way and that till the waters were gone from the earth.

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

8 And he sent out a dove, to see if the waters had gone from the face of the earth;

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

9 But the dove saw no resting-place for her foot, and came back to the ark, for the waters were still over all the earth; and he put out his hand, and took her into the ark.

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 And after waiting another seven days, he sent the dove out again;

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

11 And the dove came back at evening, and in her mouth was an olive-leaf broken off: so Noah was certain that the waters had gone down on the earth.

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 And after seven days more, he sent the dove out again, but she did not come back to him.

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

13 And in the six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters were dry on the earth: and Noah took the cover off the ark and saw that the face of the earth was dry.

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

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

15 And God said to Noah,

So then, God spake to Noah, saying:

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

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

17 Take out with you every living thing which is with you, birds and cattle and everything which goes on the earth, so that they may have offspring and be fertile and be increased on the earth.

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 And Noah went out with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives;

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

19 And every beast and bird and every living thing of every sort which goes on the earth, went out of the ark.

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 And Noah made an altar to the Lord, and from every clean beast and bird he made burned offerings on the altar.

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 And when the sweet smell came up to the Lord, he said in his heart, I will not again put a curse on the earth because of man, for the thoughts of man's heart are evil from his earliest days; never again will I send destruction on all living things as I have done.

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 While the earth goes on, seed time and the getting in of the grain, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, will not come to an end.

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