¹⁰ After [^Lwaiting] seven days Noah again sent out the dove from the ·boat [ark], ¹¹ and that evening it came back to him with a fresh olive leaf in its ·mouth [beak]. Then Noah knew that the ·ground was almost dry [^Lwaters had subsided from the ground]. ¹² ·Seven days later [^LAfter waiting another seven days] he sent the dove out again, but this time it did not come back.