Genesis 8

God sent a wind over the earth and the floodwaters receded; the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. Noah sent out a raven and then a dove to test whether the ground was dry, and when the dove did not return he knew the waters had subsided. God told Noah to leave the ark, and Noah built an altar and offered burnt offerings; the LORD vowed never again to curse the ground or destroy every living thing.

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1	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 asswaged;	But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters subsided.
2	The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;	The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were closed, 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.	The waters receded from the earth continually, and at the end of 150 days the waters had abated.
4	And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.	In the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest 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, were the tops of the mountains seen.	The waters continued to decrease until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains became visible.
6	And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:	At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the ark 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.	He sent out a raven, which kept going back and forth until the waters had dried up from 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;	Then he sent out a dove from him to see if the waters had subsided from 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.	But the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot. She returned to him in the ark, for the waters were on the surface of the whole earth. So he put out his hand and took her and brought her into the ark with him.
10	And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;	He waited another seven days, and again he sent 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.	The dove came back to him in the evening, and in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the earth.
12	And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.	Then he waited another seven days and sent out the dove. But she did not return to him anymore.
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.	In Noah's 601st year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from the earth. Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and the surface of the ground was dry.
14	And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.	In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
15	And God spake unto Noah, saying,	Then God spoke to Noah, saying,
16	Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.	'Go out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and your sons' wives with you.
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.	Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh—birds, livestock, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth—so that they may swarm on the earth and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.'
18	And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him:	So Noah went out, 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.	Every animal, every creeping thing, and every bird—everything that moves on the earth—went out of the ark by families.
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.	Then Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took some of every clean animal and of every clean bird, 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.	The LORD smelled a sweet savour. The LORD said in His heart, 'I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man's heart is evil from His youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living thing 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.	While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall not cease.'