Genesis 8
Complete Jewish Bible
8 God remembered Noach, every living thing and all the livestock with him in the ark; so God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water began to go down. 2 Also the fountains of the deep and the windows of the sky were stopped, the rain from the sky was restrained, 3 and the water came back from completely covering the earth. It was after 150 days that the water went down. 4 On the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. 5 The water kept going down until the tenth month; on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains were seen.
6 After forty days Noach opened the window of the ark which he had built; 7 and he sent out a raven, which flew back and forth until the water had dried up from the earth. 8 Then he sent out a dove, to see if the water had gone from the surface of the ground. 9 But the dove found no place for her feet to rest, so she returned to him in the ark, because the water still covered the whole earth. He put out his hand, took her and brought her in to him in the ark. 10 He waited another seven days and again sent the dove out from the ark. 11 The dove came in to him in the evening, and there in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf, so Noach knew that the water had cleared from the earth. 12 He waited yet another seven days and sent out the dove, and she didn’t return to him any more.
13 By the first day of the first month of the 601st year the water had dried up from off the earth; so Noach removed the covering of the ark and looked; and, yes, the surface of the ground was dry. 14 It was on the twenty-seventh day of the second month that the earth was dry.
(iv) 15 God said to Noach, 16 “Go out from the ark, you, your wife, your sons and your son’s wives with you. 17 Bring out with you every living thing you have with you — birds, livestock and every animal that creeps on the earth — so that they can swarm on the earth, be fruitful and multiply on the earth.” 18 So Noach went out with his sons, his wife and his sons’ wives; 19 every animal, every creeping thing and every bird, whatever moves on the earth, according to their families, went out of the ark.
20 Noach built an altar to Adonai. Then he took from every clean animal and every clean bird, and he offered burnt offerings on the altar. 21 Adonai smelled the sweet aroma, and Adonai said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of humankind, since the imaginings of a person’s heart are evil from his youth; nor will I ever again destroy all living things, as I have done. 22 So long as the earth exists, sowing time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night will not cease.”
Genesis 8
Revised Geneva Translation
8 Now God remembered Noah, and every beast, and all the cattle that were with him in the Ark. Therefore, God made a wind pass upon the Earth; and the waters ceased.
2 Also, the fountains of the deep and the windows of Heaven were stopped; and the rain from Heaven was restrained.
3 And the waters returned from above the Earth, going and returning. And after the end of the hundred and fiftieth day, the waters abated.
4 And in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the Ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat.
5 And the waters were going forth and decreasing until the tenth month. In the tenth month, and on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.
6 So, after forty days, Noah opened the window of the Ark which he had made
7 and sent forth a raven. Which went out, going forth and returning, until the waters were dried up upon the Earth.8 Again, he sent a dove from him, so that he might see if the waters were diminished from off the Earth.
9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot. Therefore, she returned to him into the Ark, for the waters were upon the whole Earth. And he put forth his hand and received her and took her to him into the Ark.
10 And he waited yet another seven days; and he sent forth the dove out of the Ark again.
11 And the dove came to him in the evening; and lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf that she had plucked, whereby Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the Earth.
12 Notwithstanding, he waited yet another seven days, and sent forth the dove. Which did not come back to him anymore.
13 And in his six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters were dried up from off the Earth. And Noah removed the covering of the Ark and looked. And behold, the upper part of the ground was dry.
14 And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the Earth was dry.
15 Then God spoke to Noah, saying,
16 “Go forth from the Ark; you and your wife and your sons and your sons’ wives with you.
17 “Bring forth every beast that is with you, of all flesh; birds and cattle and everything that creeps and moves upon the Earth, so that they may breed abundantly on the Earth and bring forth fruit and increase upon the Earth.”
18 So, Noah came forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him.
19 Every beast, every creeping thing, every bird, and all that moves upon the Earth (after their kinds) went out of the Ark.
20 Then Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean beast, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings upon the altar.
21 And the LORD smelled a savor of rest. And the LORD said in His heart, “Henceforth, I will no longer curse the ground because of man. For the imagination of man’s heart is evil, even from his youth. Nor will I strike all things living anymore, as I have done.
22 “Hereafter, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and Summer and Winter, and day and night shall not cease, so long as the Earth remains.”
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