8:1 And Elohim remembered Noah, and all the wild
beasts, and all the cattle, and all the birds, and all the reptiles that
creep, as many as were with him in the ark, and Elohim brought a wind upon the
earth, and the water stayed.
8:2 And the fountains of the deep were closed up, and the flood-gates of
heaven, and the rain from heaven was withheld.
8:3 And the water subsided, and went off the earth, and after an hundred and
fifty days the water was diminished, and the ark rested in the seventh
month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.
8:4 And the water continued to decrease until the tenth month.
8:5 And in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the heads of the
mountains were seen.
8:6 And it came to pass after forty days Noah opened the window of the ark
which he had made.
8:7 And he sent forth a raven; and it went forth and returned not until the
water was dried from off the earth.
8:8 And he sent a dove after it to see if the water had ceased from off the
earth.
8:9 And the dove not having found rest for her feet, returned to him into
the ark, because the water was on all the face of the earth, and he
stretched out his hand and took her, and brought her to himself into the
ark.
8:10 And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove
from the ark.
8:11 And the dove returned to him in the evening, and had a leaf of olive, a
sprig in her mouth; and Noah knew that the water had ceased from off the
earth.
8:12 And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove,
and she did not return to him again any more.
8:13 And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year of the life of
Noah, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the water subsided
from off the earth, and Noah opened the covering of the ark which he had
made, and he saw that the water had subsided from the face of the earth.
8:14 And in the second month the earth was dried, on the twenty-seventh day
of the month.
8:15 And Yehovah Elohim spoke to Noah, saying,
8:16 Come out from the ark, thou and thy wife and thy sons, and thy sons'
wives with thee.
8:17 And all the wild beasts as many as are with thee, and all flesh both of
birds and beasts, and every reptile moving upon the earth, bring forth with
thee: and increase ye and multiply upon the earth.
8:18 And Noah came forth, and his wife and his sons, and his sons' wives with
him.
8:19 And all the wild beasts and all the cattle and every bird, and every
reptile creeping upon the earth after their kind, came forth out of the ark.
8:20 And Noah built an altar to Yehovah, and took of all clean beasts, and
of all clean birds, and offered a whole burnt-offering upon the altar.
8:21 And Yehovah Elohim smelled a smell of sweetness, and Yehovah Elohim having
considered, said, I will not any more curse the earth, because of the works
of men, because the imagination of man is intently bent upon evil things
from his youth, I will not therefore any more smite all living flesh as I
have done.
8:22 All the days of the earth, seed and harvest, cold and heat, summer and
spring, shall not cease by day or night. |
8:1 And Elohim remembered Noah, and every
living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and Elohim made
a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged;
8:2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped,
and the rain from heaven was restrained;
8:3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the
end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
8:4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the
month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
8:5 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.
8:6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the
window of the ark which he had made:
8:7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters
were dried up from off the earth.
8:8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated
from off the face of the ground;
8:9 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.
8:10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove
out of the ark;
8:11 And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was
an olive leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off
the earth.
8:12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which
returned not again unto him any more.
8:13 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.
8:14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month,
was the earth dried.
8:15 And Elohim spake unto Noah, saying,
8:16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons'
wives with thee.
8:17 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.
8:18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives
with him:
8:19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever
creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
8:20 And Noah builded an altar unto Yehovah; and took of every clean beast,
and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
8:21 And Yehovah smelled a sweet savor; and Yehovah 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.
8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and
summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. |