1 A nd God remembered Noah and every living thing and all the animals that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind blow over the land, and the waters sank down and abated.

But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water subsided.

2 A lso the fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, the gushing rain from the sky was checked,

Also the fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained;

3 A nd the waters receded from the land continually. At the end of 150 days the waters had diminished.

and the water receded steadily from the earth, and at the end of one hundred and fifty days the water decreased.

4 O n the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

In the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat.

5 A nd the waters continued to diminish until the tenth month; on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the high hills were seen.

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.

6 A t the end of forty days Noah opened a window of the ark which he had made

Then it came about at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made;

7 A nd sent forth a raven, which kept going to and fro until the waters were dried up from the land.

and he sent out a raven, and it flew here and there until the water was dried up from the earth.

8 T hen he sent forth a dove to see if the waters had decreased from the surface of the ground.

Then he sent out a dove from him, to see if the water was abated from the face of the land;

9 B ut the dove found no resting-place on which to roost, and she returned to him to the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole land. So he put forth his hand and drew her to him into the ark.

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 surface of all the earth. Then he put out his hand and took her, and brought her into the ark to himself.

10 H e waited another seven days and again sent forth the dove out of the ark.

So he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent out the dove from the ark.

11 A nd the dove came back to him in the evening, and behold, in her mouth was a newly sprouted and freshly plucked olive leaf! So Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the land.

The dove came to him toward evening, and behold, in her beak was a freshly picked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the water was abated from the earth.

12 T hen he waited another seven days and sent forth the dove, but she did not return to him any more.

Then he waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; but she did not return to him again.

13 I n the year 601, on the first day of the first month, the waters were drying up from the land. And Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and behold, the surface of the ground was drying.

Now it came about in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first of the month, the water was dried up from the earth. Then Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the surface of the ground was dried up.

14 A nd on the twenty-seventh day of the second month the land was entirely dry.

In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.

15 A nd God spoke to Noah, saying,

Then God spoke to Noah, saying,

16 G o forth from the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives with you.

“Go out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and your sons’ wives with you.

17 B ring forth every living thing that is with you of all flesh—birds and beasts and every creeping thing that creeps on the ground—that they may breed abundantly on the land and be fruitful and multiply upon the earth.

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 breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.”

18 A nd Noah went forth, and his wife and his sons and their wives with him.

So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him.

19 E very beast, every creeping thing, every bird—and whatever moves on the land—went forth by families out of the ark.

Every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out by their families from the ark.

20 A nd Noah built an altar to the Lord and took of every clean animal and of every clean fowl or bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

Then Noah built an altar to the Lord, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

21 W hen the Lord smelled the pleasing odor, the Lord said to Himself, I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the imagination (the strong desire) of man’s heart is evil and wicked from his youth; neither will I ever again smite and destroy every living thing, as I have done.

The Lord smelled the soothing aroma; and the Lord said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for the intent of man’s heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done.

22 W hile the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

“While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, And cold and heat, And summer and winter, And day and night Shall not cease.”