Genesis 8:8-10

New International Version

⁸Then he sent out a dove^(A) to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground. ⁹But the dove could find nowhere to perch because there was water over all the surface of the earth; so it returned to Noah in the ark. He reached out his hand and took the dove and brought it back to himself in the ark. ¹⁰He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.

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Genesis 8:8-10

English Standard Version

⁸Then he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters had subsided from the face of the ground. ⁹But the dove found no place to set her foot, and she returned to him to the ark, for the waters were still on the face of the whole earth. So he put out his hand and took her and brought her into the ark with him. ¹⁰He waited another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.

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Genesis 8:8-10

New American Standard Bible

⁸Then he sent out a ^[a]dove, to see if the water was low on the ^[b]surface of the land; ⁹but the dove found no resting place for the sole of its foot, so it returned to him in the ark, for the water was on the ^[c]surface of all the earth. Then he put out his hand and took it, and brought it into the ark to himself. ¹⁰So he waited another seven days longer; and again he sent out the dove from the ark.