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 wild animals and all the cattle that were with him in the large boat. Then God made a wind blow over the earth until the water went down.

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 wells of water under the earth and the windows of the heavens were shut. And it stopped raining.

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

The water kept moving away from the earth. At the end of 150 days the water was less.

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

And in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the large boat came to rest on Mount 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 kept on going down until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains could be seen.

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

At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the large boat 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.

Then 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, to see if the water was gone from the ground.

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 place to set her foot, so she returned to him in the boat. For the water was still over the earth. So Noah put out his hand and took her, and brought her into the boat with him.

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

He waited another seven days, and sent the dove from the boat again.

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 returned to him in the evening. In her mouth was an olive leaf that had just been picked. So Noah knew that the water had gone 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 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.

In the year 601, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the water was dried up from the earth. Then Noah took the covering off the large boat, and looked out and saw that the earth was dry.

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 ground was dry.

15 A nd God spoke to Noah, saying,

Then God said to Noah,

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

“Go out of the boat, 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 everything that moves on the earth. So they may give birth and become many upon the earth.”

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

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

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

Every animal, every bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out of the large boat by their families.

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. He took of every clean animal and every clean bird, and gave burnt gifts in worship 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.

Then the Lord smelled a pleasing smell. And the Lord said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of man. For the desire of man’s heart is sinful from when he is young. 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 lasts, planting time and gathering time, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night will not end.”