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 all the animals, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.

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

And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were closed, and the pour of rain from heaven was stopped.

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

And the waters retired from the earth, continually retiring; and in the course of a hundred and fifty days the waters abated.

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

And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, 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 abated continually until the tenth month: in the tenth, on the first of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.

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

And it came to pass at the end of forty days that Noah opened the 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 he sent out the raven, which went forth going to and fro, until the waters were dried from the earth.

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

And he sent out the dove from him, to see if the waters had become low on 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 for the sole of her foot, and returned to him into the ark; for the waters were on the whole earth; and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her to him into the ark.

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

And he waited yet other seven days, and again he 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 to him at eventide; and behold, in her beak was an olive-leaf plucked off; and Noah knew that the waters had become low on the earth.

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

And he waited yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; but she returned no more to him.

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.

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

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

And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was 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 out of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.

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 with thee every animal which is with thee, of all flesh, fowl as well as cattle, and all the creeping things which creep on the earth, that they may swarm on the earth, and may be fruitful and multiply on the earth.

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

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

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

All the animals, all the creeping things, and all the fowl—everything that moves on the earth, after their kinds, went 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 Jehovah; and took of every clean animal, and of all clean fowl, and offered up 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.

And Jehovah smelled the sweet odour. And Jehovah said in his heart, I will no more henceforth curse the ground on account of Man, for the thought of Man's heart is evil from his youth; and I will no more smite 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.”

Henceforth, all the days of the earth, seed and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease.