Genesis 8

1 God considered Noah, all the wild animals, and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters started going down.

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 The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were closed, and it stopped raining.

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

3 The flood waters went down slowly from the earth, and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters had gone down.

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 The ark came to rest in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

And the water continued to decrease until the tenth month.

5 The waters continued to go down until the tenth month. On the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains appeared.

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

6 It came about after 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 He sent out a raven and it flew back and forth until the waters were dried up 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 Then he sent out a dove to see if the waters had gone down from the surface of the earth,

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

9 but the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, for the waters were still covering the whole earth. He reached out with his hand, and took and brought her into the ark with him.

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 He waited another seven days and again he sent out the dove from the ark.

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

11 The dove returned to him in the evening. Look! In her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters had gone down from 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 He waited another seven days, and sent out the dove again. She did not return again 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 It came about in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, that the waters were dried up from off the earth. Noah removed the covering of the ark, looked out, and saw that, behold, the surface of the ground was 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 dry.

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

15 God said to Noah,

And the Lord God spoke to Noe, saying,

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

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

17 Take out with you every living creature of all flesh that is with you—the birds, the animals, and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth—so that they may grow unto very large numbers of living creatures throughout the earth, be fruitful, and multiply upon 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 So Noah went out with his sons, 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 Every living creature, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, according to their families, left 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 Noah built an altar to Yahweh. He took some of the clean animals and some of the clean birds, and offered 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 Yahweh smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart, “I will not again curse the ground because of mankind, even though the intentions of their hearts is evil from childhood. Nor will I again destroy everything living, 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 While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night 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