1 G od 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.

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 T he deep’s fountains and the sky’s windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

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

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

4 T he ship rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on Ararat’s mountains.

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

5 T he 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.

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 ship which he had made,

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

7 a nd he sent out a raven. It went back and forth, until the waters were 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 H e himself sent out a dove to see if the waters were abated from the surface of 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 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.

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

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

11 T he 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.

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

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

13 I n 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.

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 earth was dry.

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

15 G od spoke to Noah, saying,

And God spoke to Noah, saying,

16 “ Go out of the ship, 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 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.”

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

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

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

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

20 N oah built an altar to Yahweh, and took of every clean animal, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings 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 Y ahweh 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.

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 remains, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night will not cease.”

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