Genesis 8

1 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.

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

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

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 seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.

And the water continued to decrease until the tenth month.

5 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.

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

6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.

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

7 And he sent out the raven, which went forth going to and fro, until the waters were dried from 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 And he sent out the dove from him, to see if the waters had become low on the ground.

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

9 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.

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 he waited yet other seven days, and again he 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 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.

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

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

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

15 And God spoke to Noah, saying,

And the Lord God spoke to Noe, saying,

16 Go out of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.

Come out from the ark, you and your wife and your sons, and your sons' wives with you.

17 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.

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

18 And Noah went out, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him.

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

19 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 strike all living flesh as I have done.

22 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.

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