1 B ut 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.

And 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.

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

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

3 T he water kept moving away from the earth. At the end of 150 days the water was less.

And the waters receded from the land continually. At the end of 150 days the waters had diminished.

4 A nd in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the large boat came to rest on Mount Ararat.

On the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

5 T he 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.

And 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.

6 A t the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the large boat which he had made.

At the end of forty days Noah opened a window of the ark which he had made

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

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

8 T hen he sent out a dove, to see if the water was gone from the ground.

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

9 B ut 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.

But 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.

10 H e waited another seven days, and sent the dove from the boat again.

He waited another seven days and again sent forth the dove out of the ark.

11 T he 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.

And 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.

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

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

13 I n 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.

In 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.

14 I n the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the ground was dry.

And on the twenty-seventh day of the second month the land was entirely dry.

15 T hen God said to Noah,

And God spoke to Noah, saying,

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

Go forth from the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives with you.

17 B ring 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.”

Bring 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.

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

And Noah went forth, and his wife and his sons and their wives with him.

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

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

20 T hen 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.

And 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.

21 T hen 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.

When 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.

22 W hile the earth lasts, planting time and gathering time, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night will not end.”

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