⁸ Then he sent out the dove from him to see if the waters had subsided from the face of the ground,

Coming Persecutions

¹⁶ “I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.^(A)

¹⁰ He waited another seven days, and again he sent out the dove from the ark, ¹¹ and the dove came back to him in the evening, and there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf; so Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the earth.^{(A) 12} Then he waited another seven days and sent out the dove, and it did not return to him any more.