1 ¶ And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters ceased;

Then God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.

2 t he fountains also of the deep and the windows of the heavens were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were also stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.

3 a nd the waters turned back and forth upon the earth, and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

And the waters receded continually from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.

4 ¶ And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

Then the ark rested in the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.

5 A nd the waters decreased continually until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.

And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.

6 ¶ And it came to pass at the end of forty days that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made,

So it came to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.

7 a nd he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

Then he sent out a raven, which kept going to and fro until the waters had dried up from the earth.

8 A lso he sent forth a dove from him to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground,

He also sent out from himself a dove, to see if the waters had receded from the face of the ground.

9 b ut the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were still upon 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, and she returned into the ark to him, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth. So he put out his hand and took her, and drew her into the ark to himself.

10 A nd he waited yet another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark,

And he waited yet another seven days, and again he sent the dove out from the ark.

11 a nd the dove came in to him in the evening, and, behold, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off, so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

Then the dove came to him in the evening, and behold, a freshly plucked olive leaf was in her mouth; and Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.

12 A nd he stayed yet other seven days and sent forth the dove, which returned not again unto him any more.

So he waited yet another seven days and sent out the dove, which did not return again to him anymore.

13 ¶ And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year of Noah, 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.

And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, that the waters were dried up from the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and indeed the surface of the ground was dry.

14 A nd in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dried.

And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dried.

15 ¶ And God spoke unto Noah, saying,

Then God spoke to Noah, saying,

16 G o forth from 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 B ring forth with thee every animal that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl and of beasts and of every creeping thing that moves 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 of all flesh that is with you: birds and cattle and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, so that they may abound on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.”

18 A nd 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 a ll the animals, every creature and every fowl and whatever moves upon the earth after their kinds went forth out of the ark.

Every animal, every creeping thing, every bird, and whatever creeps on the earth, according to their families, went out of the ark. God’s Covenant with Creation

20 ¶ And Noah built an altar unto the LORD and took of every clean animal and of every clean fowl 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 A nd the LORD smelled a savour of rest, and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake, for the intent of man’s heart is evil from his childhood; neither will I again smite any more every living thing as I have done.

And the Lord smelled a soothing aroma. Then the Lord said in His heart, “I will never again curse the ground for man’s sake, although the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done.

22 W hile the earth remains, 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, Winter and summer, And day and night Shall not cease.”