Genesis 8

1 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.

And God remembered Noe, and all the wild beasts, and all the cattle, and all the birds, and all the reptiles that creep, as many as were with him in the ark, and God brought a wind upon the earth, and the water stayed.

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

And the fountains of the deep were closed up, and the flood-gates of heaven, and the rain from heaven was withheld.

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

And the water subsided, and went off the earth, and after an hundred and fifty days the water was diminished, and the ark rested in the seventh month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.

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

And the water continued to decrease until the tenth month.

5 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.

And in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the heads of the mountains were seen.

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

And it came to pass after forty days Noe opened the window of the ark which he had made.

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

And he sent forth a raven; and it went forth and returned not until the water was dried from off the earth.

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

And he sent a dove after it to see if the water had ceased from off the earth.

9 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.

And the dove not having found rest for her feet, returned to him into the ark, because the water was on all the face of the earth, and he stretched out his hand and took her, and brought her to himself into the ark.

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

And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove from the ark.

11 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.

And the dove returned to him in the evening, and had a leaf of olive, a sprig in her mouth; and Noe knew that the water had ceased from off the earth.

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

And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove, and she did not return to him again any more.

13 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.

And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year of the life of Noe, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the water subsided from off the earth, and Noe opened the covering of the ark which he had made, and he saw that the water had subsided from the face of the earth.

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

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

15 Then God spoke to Noah, saying:

And the Lord God spoke to Noe, saying,

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

Come out from the ark, thou and thy wife and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.

17 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.”

And all the wild beasts as many as are with thee, and all flesh both of birds and beasts, and every reptile moving upon the earth, bring forth with thee: and increase ye and multiply upon the earth.

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

And Noe came forth, and his wife and his sons, and his sons' wives with him.

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

And all the wild beasts and all the cattle and every bird, and every reptile creeping upon the earth after their kind, came forth out of the ark.

20 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.

And Noe built an altar to the Lord, and took of all clean beasts, and of all clean birds, and offered a whole burnt-offering upon the altar.

21 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.

And the Lord God smelled a smell of sweetness, and the Lord God having considered, said, I will not any more curse the earth, because of the works of men, because the imagination of man is intently bent upon evil things from his youth, I will not therefore any more smite all living flesh as I have done.

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

All the days of the earth, seed and harvest, cold and heat, summer and spring, shall not cease by day or night.

A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark