Genesis 8:11
Good News Translation
11 It returned to him in the evening with a fresh olive leaf in its beak. So Noah knew that the water had gone down.
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Genesis 8:11
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
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)
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Genesis 8:11
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
11 And she came to him in the evening, carrying a bough of an olive tree, with green leaves, in her mouth. Noe therefore understood that the waters were ceased upon the earth.
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Genesis 8:11
The Message
10-11 He waited seven more days and sent out the dove again. It came back in the evening with a freshly picked olive leaf in its beak. Noah knew that the flood was about finished.
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