But aGod remembered
Noah
and all
the beasts
and all
the cattle
that were with him in the ark
; and bGod
caused a wind
to pass
over
the earth
, and the water
subsided
.
Also athe fountains of the deep
and the 1floodgates
of the sky
were closed
, and bthe rain
from the sky
was restrained
;
and the water receded
steadily
from the earth
, and at the end
aof one hundred
and fifty
days
the water
decreased
.
In the seventh month
, on the seventeenth
day
of the month
, athe ark
rested
upon the mountains
of Ararat
.
The water decreased
steadily
until
the tenth
month
; in the tenth
month, on the first
day of the month
, the tops
of the mountains
became
visible
.
Then it came about at the end
of forty
days
, that Noah
opened
the awindow
of the ark
which
he had made
;
and he sent out a raven
, and it 1flew
here
and there
until
the water
was dried
up 2from the earth
.
Then he sent out a dove
from him, to see
if the water
was abated
from the face
of the land
;
but the dove found
no
resting
place
for the sole
of her foot
, so she returned
to him into the ark
, for the water
was on the 1surface
of all
the earth
. Then he put
out his hand
and took
her, and brought
her into the ark
to himself.
So he waited yet
another
seven
days
; and again
he sent
out the dove
from the ark
.
The dove came
to him toward 1evening
, and behold
, in her 2beak
was a freshly
picked
olive
leaf
. So Noah
knew
that the water
was abated
from the earth
.
Then he waited yet
another
seven
days
, and sent
out athe dove
; but she did not return
to him again
.
Now it came about in the asix
hundred
and first
year
, in the first
month, on the first
of the month
, the water
was dried
up 1from the earth
. Then Noah
removed
the covering
of the ark
, and looked
, and behold
, the 2surface
of the ground
was dried
up.
In the second month
, on the twenty-seventh
day
of the month
, the earth
was dry
.
Then God spoke
to Noah
, saying
,
"Go out of the ark
, you and your wife
and your sons
and your sons'
wives
with you.
"Bring out with you every
living
thing
of all
flesh
that is with you, birds
and animals
and every
creeping
thing
that creeps
on the earth
, that they may 1 abreed
abundantly
on the earth
, and be fruitful
and multiply
on the earth
."
So Noah went
out, and his sons
and his wife
and his sons'
wives
with him.
Every beast
, every
creeping
thing
, and every
bird
, everything
that moves
on the earth
, went
out 1by their families
from the ark
.
Then Noah built
aan altar
to the LORD
, and took
of every
bclean
animal
and of every
clean
bird
and offered
cburnt
offerings
on the altar
.
The LORD asmelled
the soothing
aroma
; and the LORD
said
1to Himself
, "I will never
again
bcurse
the ground
on account
of man
, for cthe 2intent
of man's
heart
is evil
from his youth
; dand I will never
again
3destroy
every
living
thing
, as I have done
.
"While the earth
remains
, Seedtime
and harvest
, And cold
and heat
, And asummer
and winter
, And bday
and night
Shall not cease
."