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 remembereth Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle which [are] with him in the ark, and God causeth a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subside,

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

and closed are the fountains of the deep and the net-work of the heavens, and restrained is the shower 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 turn back do the waters from off the earth, going on and returning; and the waters are lacking 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 resteth, in the seventh month, in the seventeenth day of the month, on 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.

and the waters have been going and becoming lacking till the tenth month; in the tenth [month], on the first of the month, appeared the heads of the mountains.

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

And it cometh to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah openeth the window of the ark which he made,

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

and he sendeth forth the raven, and it goeth out, going out and turning back till the drying 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 sendeth forth the dove from him to see whether the waters have been lightened 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.

and the dove hath not found rest for the sole of her foot, and she turneth back unto him, unto the ark, for waters [are] on the face of all the earth, and he putteth out his hand, and taketh her, and bringeth her in unto him, unto the ark.

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

And he stayeth yet other seven days, and addeth to send forth the dove from 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 cometh in unto him at even-time, and lo, an olive leaf torn off in her mouth; and Noah knoweth that the waters have been lightened 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 stayeth yet other seven days, and sendeth forth the dove, and it added not to turn back 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.

And it cometh to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first [month], in the first of the month, the waters have been dried from off the earth; and Noah turneth aside the covering of the ark, and looketh, and lo, the face of the ground hath been dried.

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

And in the second month, in the seven and twentieth day of the month, the earth hath become dry.

15 And God said to Noah,

And God speaketh unto Noah, saying, 'Go out from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee;

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

every living thing that [is] with thee, of all flesh, among fowl, and among cattle, and among every creeping thing which is creeping on the earth, bring out 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.

and they have teemed in the earth, and been fruitful, and have multiplied on the earth.'

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

And Noah goeth out, 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.

every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl; every creeping thing on the earth, after their families, have gone out from 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 buildeth an altar to Jehovah, and taketh of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and causeth burnt-offerings to ascend 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 Jehovah smelleth the sweet fragrance, and Jehovah saith unto His heart, 'I continue not to disesteem any more the ground because of man, though the imagination of the heart of man [is] evil from his youth; and I continue not to smite any more all living, 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 days of the earth, seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, do not cease.'

A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark