Genesis 8:12
New International Version
He waited seven more days and sent the dove out again, but this time it did not return to him.

New Living Translation
He waited another seven days and then released the dove again. This time it did not come back.

English Standard Version
Then he waited another seven days and sent forth the dove, and she did not return to him anymore.

Berean Standard Bible
And Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him.

King James Bible
And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.

New King James Version
So he waited yet another seven days and sent out the dove, which did not return again to him anymore.

New American Standard Bible
Then he waited another seven days longer, and sent out the dove; but it did not return to him again.

NASB 1995
Then he waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; but she did not return to him again.

NASB 1977
Then he waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; but she did not return to him again.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then he waited yet another seven days and sent out the dove; but it did not return to him again.

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

Christian Standard Bible
After he had waited another seven days, he sent out the dove, but it did not return to him again.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
After he had waited another seven days, he sent out the dove, but she did not return to him again.

American Standard Version
And he stayed yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she returned not again unto him any more.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he waited again seven days more, and he sent the dove, and the dove did not return again to him.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove, and she did not return to him again any more.

Contemporary English Version
He waited seven more days before sending the dove out again, and this time it did not return.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he stayed yet other seven days: and he sent forth the dove, which returned not any more unto him.

English Revised Version
And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; and she returned not again unto him any more.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but it never came back to him.

Good News Translation
Then he waited another seven days and sent out the dove once more; this time it did not come back.

International Standard Version
He waited seven more days and sent the dove out again, but it did not return to him anymore.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; and she returned not again unto him any more.

Literal Standard Version
And he stays yet seven more days, and sends forth the dove, and it did not add to return to him anymore.

Majority Standard Bible
And Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him.

New American Bible
He waited yet another seven days and then released the dove; but this time it did not come back.

NET Bible
He waited another seven days and sent the dove out again, but it did not return to him this time.

New Revised Standard Version
Then he waited another seven days, and sent out the dove; and it did not return to him any more.

New Heart English Bible
He stayed yet another seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she did not return to him any more.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he stayed yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; which returned not again to him any more.

World English Bible
He waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; and she didn’t return to him any more.

Young's Literal Translation
And he stayeth yet other seven days, and sendeth forth the dove, and it added not to turn back unto him any more.

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Context
Noah Sends a Raven and a Dove
11And behold, the dove returned to him in the evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth. 12And Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him.

Cross References
Genesis 8:11
And behold, the dove returned to him in the evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.

Jeremiah 48:28
Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.


Treasury of Scripture

And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again to him any more.

And he.

Psalm 27:14
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

Psalm 130:5,6
I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope…

Isaiah 8:17
And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

seven.

Genesis 8:10
And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;

Genesis 2:2,3
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made…

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Genesis 8
1. God remembers Noah and calms the waters.
4. The ark rests on Ararat.
6. Noah sends forth a raven and then a dove.
13. Noah, being commanded, goes forth from the ark.
20. He builds an altar, and offers sacrifices,
21. which God accepts, and promises to curse the earth no more.














Verse 12. - And he stayed. וַיִּיָּחֶל; Niph. fut. of יָחַל (Gesenius); cf. וַיָּחֶל. (ver. 10), Hiph. fut. of חוּל (Furst, Delitzsch). Tayler Lewis, following Jewish authorities, would derive both from יָחַל; with Aben Ezra making the first a regular Niphal, and with Rashi the second a contracted Piel (vide Lunge, p. 308; Clark's 'For. Theol. Lib.'). Yet other seven days. The frequent repetition of the number seven clearly points to the hebdomadal division of the week, and the institution of Sabbatic rest (vide Genesis 2:1-3, Expos.). And sent forth the dove. "The more we examine these acts of Noah, the more it will strike us that they must have been of a religious nature. He did not take such observations, and so send out the birds, as mere arbitrary acts, prompted simply by his curiosity or his impatience; but as a man of faith and prayer he inquired of the Lord. What more likely then that such inquiry should have its basis in solemn religious exercises, not arbitrarily entered into, but on days held sacred for prayer and religious rest?" (T. Lewis). Which returned not again (literally, and it added not to return) unto him any more.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
[And] Noah waited
וַיִּיָּ֣חֶל (way·yî·yā·ḥel)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3176: To wait, to be patient, hope

seven
שִׁבְעַ֥ת (šiḇ·‘aṯ)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number

more
אֲחֵרִ֑ים (’ă·ḥê·rîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 312: Hinder, next, other

days
יָמִ֖ים (yā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3117: A day

and sent out
וַיְשַׁלַּח֙ (way·šal·laḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

the dove {again},
הַיּוֹנָ֔ה (hay·yō·w·nāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 3123: A dove

but this time
יָסְפָ֥ה (yā·sə·p̄āh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3254: To add, augment

she did not return
שׁוּב־ (šūḇ-)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

to him.
אֵלָ֖יו (’ê·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to


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