Génesis 8
Dios Habla Hoy
Fin del diluvio
8 Entonces Dios se acordó de Noé y de todos los animales que estaban con él en la barca. Hizo que el viento soplara sobre la tierra, y el agua comenzó a bajar; 2 se cerraron las fuentes del mar profundo y también las compuertas del cielo. Dejó de llover, 3 y el agua comenzó a bajar poco a poco. Al cabo de ciento cincuenta días, el agua ya iba bajando, 4 y el día diecisiete del mes séptimo la barca se detuvo sobre las montañas de Ararat. 5 El agua siguió bajando, y el primer día del mes décimo ya se podían ver las partes más altas de los montes.
6 Después de cuarenta días, Noé abrió la ventana de la barca que había hecho 7 y soltó un cuervo; pero el cuervo volaba de un lado para otro, esperando que la tierra se secara. 8 Después del cuervo, Noé soltó una paloma para ver si la tierra ya estaba seca; 9 pero la paloma regresó a la barca porque no encontró ningún lugar donde descansar, pues la tierra todavía estaba cubierta de agua. Así que Noé sacó la mano, tomó la paloma y la hizo entrar en la barca.
10 Noé esperó otros siete días, y volvió a soltar la paloma. 11 Ya empezaba a anochecer cuando la paloma regresó, trayendo una ramita de olivo en el pico. Así Noé se dio cuenta de que la tierra se iba secando. 12 Esperó siete días más, y volvió a enviar la paloma; pero la paloma ya no regresó.
13 Cuando Noé tenía seiscientos un años, la tierra quedó seca. El primer día del mes primero, Noé quitó el techo de la barca y vio que la tierra estaba seca. 14 Para el día veintisiete del mes segundo, la tierra estaba ya bien seca. 15 Entonces Dios le dijo a Noé: 16 «Sal de la barca, junto con tu esposa, tus hijos y tus nueras. 17 Saca también a todos los animales que están contigo: las aves, los animales domésticos y los que se arrastran por el suelo, para que se vayan por toda la tierra y tengan muchas crías y llenen el mundo.»
18 Entonces Noé y su esposa, y sus hijos y nueras, salieron de la barca. 19 También salieron todos los animales domésticos y salvajes, los que se arrastran y los que vuelan. 20 Luego Noé construyó un altar en honor del Señor, tomó animales y aves puros, uno de cada clase, y los ofreció en holocausto al Señor. 21 Cuando al Señor le llegó este olor tan agradable, dijo: «Nunca más volveré a maldecir la tierra por culpa del hombre, porque desde joven el hombre sólo piensa en hacer lo malo. Tampoco volveré a destruir a todos los animales, como lo hice esta vez.
22 »Mientras el mundo exista,
habrá siembra y cosecha;
hará calor y frío,
habrá invierno y verano
y días con sus noches.»
Genesis 8
New King James Version
Noah’s Deliverance
8 Then God (A)remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. (B)And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided. 2 (C)The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were also (D)stopped, and (E)the rain from heaven was restrained. 3 And the waters receded continually from the earth. At the end (F)of the hundred and fifty days the waters decreased. 4 Then the ark rested in the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat. 5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.
6 So it came to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah opened (G)the window of the ark which he had made. 7 Then he sent out a raven, which kept going to and fro until the waters had dried up from the earth. 8 He also sent out from himself a dove, to see if the waters had receded from the face of the ground. 9 But the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, and she returned into the ark to him, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth. So he put out his hand and took her, and drew her into the ark to himself. 10 And he waited yet another seven days, and again he sent the dove out from the ark. 11 Then the dove came to him in the evening, and behold, a freshly plucked olive leaf was in her mouth; and Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth. 12 So he waited yet another seven days and sent out the dove, which did not return again to him anymore.
13 And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, that the waters were dried up from the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and indeed the surface of the ground was dry. 14 And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dried.
15 Then God spoke to Noah, saying, 16 “Go out of the ark, (H)you and your wife, and your sons and your sons’ wives with you. 17 Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you: birds and cattle and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, so that they may abound on the earth, and (I)be fruitful and multiply on the earth.” 18 So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him. 19 Every animal, every creeping thing, every bird, and whatever creeps on the earth, according to their families, went out of the ark.
God’s Covenant with Creation
20 Then Noah built an (J)altar to the Lord, and took of (K)every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered (L)burnt offerings on the altar. 21 And the Lord smelled (M)a soothing aroma. Then the Lord said in His heart, “I will never again (N)curse the ground for man’s sake, although the (O)imagination[a] of man’s heart is evil from his youth; (P)nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done.
22 “While the earth (Q)remains,
Seedtime and harvest,
Cold and heat,
Winter and summer,
And (R)day and night
Shall not cease.”
Footnotes
- Genesis 8:21 intent or thought
Genesis 8
King James Version
8 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged;
2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
11 And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
15 And God spake unto Noah, saying,
16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.
17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him:
19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
20 And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
21 And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
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