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| 1Then 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. | 1But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters subsided. |
| 2The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were also stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained. | 2The fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, the rain from the heavens was restrained, |
| 3And the waters receded continually from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters decreased. | 3and the waters receded from the earth continually. At the end of 150 days the waters had abated, |
| 4Then the ark rested in the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat. | 4and in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. |
| 5And 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. | 5And the waters continued to abate until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen. |
| 6So it came to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made. | 6At the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made |
| 7Then he sent out a raven, which kept going to and fro until the waters had dried up from the earth. | 7and sent forth a raven. It went to and fro until the waters were dried up from the earth. |
| 8He also sent out from himself a dove, to see if the waters had receded from the face of the ground. | 8Then he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters had subsided from the face of the ground. |
| 9But 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. | 9But the dove found no place to set her foot, and she returned to him to the ark, for the waters were still on the face of the whole earth. So he put out his hand and took her and brought her into the ark with him. |
| 10And he waited yet another seven days, and again he sent the dove out from the ark. | 10He waited another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark. |
| 11Then 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. | 11And the dove came back to him in the evening, and behold, in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the earth. |
| 12So he waited yet another seven days and sent out the dove, which did not return again to him anymore. | 12Then he waited another seven days and sent forth the dove, and she did not return to him anymore. |
| 13And 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. | 13In the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried from off the earth. And Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dry. |
| 14And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dried. | 14In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth had dried out. |
| 15Then God spoke to Noah, saying, | 15Then God said to Noah, |
| 16“Go out of the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons’ wives with you. | 16“Go out from the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons’ wives with you. |
| 17Bring 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.” | 17Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh—birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth—that they may swarm on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.” |
| 18So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him. | 18So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him. |
| 19Every animal, every creeping thing, every bird, and whatever creeps on the earth, according to their families, went out of the ark. | 19Every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out by families from the ark. |
| 20Then 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. | 20Then Noah built an altar to the LORD and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. |
| 21And 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. | 21And when the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, the LORD said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man’s heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature 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.” | 22While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.” |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | ESV Text Edition: 2016. The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. All rights reserved. |
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