1 T hen 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.

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

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

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

4 T hen the ark rested in the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, 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 decreased continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains 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 S o 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 large boat which he had made.

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

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

8 H e also sent out from himself a dove, to see if the waters had receded from the face 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 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.

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

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

11 T hen 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.

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

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

13 A nd 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.

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

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

15 T hen God spoke to Noah, saying,

Then God said to Noah,

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

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

17 B ring 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.”

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

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

19 E very 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

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

20 T hen 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.

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 A nd 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.

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 “ While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, Cold and heat, Winter and summer, 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.”