⁸ Then he sent out a dove^(A) to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground.

¹⁶ “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves.^(A) Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.^(B)

¹⁰ He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark. ¹¹ When the dove returned to him in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth.^{(A) 12} He waited seven more days and sent the dove out again, but this time it did not return to him.