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 Noah, and all the animals, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.

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 and the windows of heaven were closed, and the pour of rain from heaven was stopped.

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 waters retired from the earth, continually retiring; and in the course of a hundred and fifty days the waters abated.

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

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

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 the waters abated continually until the tenth month: in the tenth [month], on the first of the month, the tops 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 at the end of forty days that Noah 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 out the raven, which went forth going to and fro, until the waters were dried from 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 out the dove from him, to see if the waters had become low on the ground.

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.

But the dove found no resting-place for the sole of her foot, and returned to him into the ark; for the waters were on the whole earth; and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her to him into the ark.

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

And he waited yet other seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of 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 came to him at eventide; and behold, in her beak was an olive-leaf plucked off; and Noah knew that the waters had become low on the earth.

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

And he waited yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; but she returned no more to him.

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, in the first [month], on the first of the month, that the waters were dried up from the earth. And Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the surface of the ground was dried.

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

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

15 Then God spoke to Noah, saying:

And God spoke to Noah, saying,

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

Go out of 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.”

Bring forth with thee every animal which is with thee, of all flesh, fowl as well as cattle, and all the creeping things which creep on the earth, that they may swarm on the earth, and may be fruitful and multiply on the earth.

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

And Noah went out, and his sons, and his wife, 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.

All the animals, all the creeping things, and all the fowl — everything that moves on the earth, after their kinds, went 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 Noah built an altar to Jehovah; and took of every clean animal, and of all clean fowl, and offered up burnt-offerings on 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 Jehovah smelled the sweet odour. And Jehovah said in his heart, I will no more henceforth curse the ground on account of Man, for the thought of Man's heart is evil from his youth; and I will no more smite every living thing, 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.”

Henceforth, all the days of the earth, seed [time] 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