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.

God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the livestock that were with him in the ship; and God made a wind to pass over the earth. The waters subsided.

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

The deep’s fountains and the sky’s windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

3 A nd the waters receded continually from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.

The waters continually receded from the earth. After the end of one hundred fifty days the waters decreased.

4 T hen the ark rested in the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.

The ship rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on Ararat’s mountains.

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 waters receded continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were visible.

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 ship 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.

and he sent out a raven. It went back and forth, until the waters were 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.

He himself sent out a dove to see if the waters were abated from the surface of 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 rest her foot, and she returned to him into the ship, for the waters were on the surface of the whole earth. He put out his hand, and took her, and brought her to him into the ship.

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

He waited yet another seven days; and again he sent the dove out of the ship.

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 came back to him at evening and, behold, in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters were abated 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.

He waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; and she didn’t return to him anymore.

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 six hundred first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from the earth. Noah removed the covering of the ship, and looked. He saw that the surface of the ground was dried.

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 earth was dry.

15 T hen God spoke to Noah, saying,

God spoke to Noah, saying,

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

“Go out of the ship, 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 that is with you of all flesh, including birds, livestock, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth.”

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

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

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 creeping thing, and every bird, whatever moves on the earth, after their families, went out of the ship.

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.

Noah built an altar to Yahweh, 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 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.

Yahweh smelled the pleasant aroma. Yahweh said in his heart, “I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake because the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth. I will never again strike 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 remains, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night will not cease.”