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1And God remembered Noah, and all the beasts, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged;
1God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and livestock with him in the ship. God sent a wind to blow over the earth, and the floodwaters began to go down.
2the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
2The underground springs and the floodgates of the sky were shut, and the rain from heaven stopped falling.
3and the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.
3The water gradually receded from the earth. After one hundred and fifty days, the water level had dropped significantly.
4And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
4On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ship 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, were the tops of the mountains seen.
5The waters continued to go down until the tenth month. On the first day of the tenth month, the tops of the mountains became visible.
6And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
6After forty more days, Noah opened the window he had built in the ship.
7and he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
7He sent out a raven, and it kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.
8And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
8Then he sent out a dove to see if the water had dropped below the surface of the ground.
9but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him to the ark; for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her in unto him into the ark.
9But the dove could not find a place to land because water still covered the whole earth, so it returned to the ship. Noah reached out his hand, caught the bird, and brought it back inside.
10And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
10He waited seven more days and sent the dove out from the ship again.
11and the dove came in to him at eventide; and, lo, in her mouth an olive-leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
11When the dove returned to him in the evening, there was a freshly plucked olive leaf in its beak. So Noah knew that the water had gone down from the earth.
12And he stayed yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she returned not again unto him any more.
12He waited another seven days and sent the dove out again, but this time it did not return to him.
13And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dried.
13In Noah's six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the water was dried up from the earth. Noah removed the roof of the ship and saw that the surface of the ground was drying.
14And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dry.
14By the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth was completely dry.
16Go forth from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
16'Come out of the ship—you, your wife, your sons, and your sons' wives.'
17Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both birds, and cattle, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
17'Bring out every living thing that is with you—the birds, the livestock, and every creature that crawls on the ground—so they can spread out over the earth, be fruitful, and multiply.'
18And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him:
18So Noah went out, along with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives.
19every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, whatsoever moveth upon the earth, after their families, went forth out of the ark.
19All the animals, all the crawling creatures, and all the birds—everything that moves on the earth—left the ship, group by group.
20And Noah builded an altar unto Jehovah, and took of every clean beast, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar.
20Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. He took some of every kind of clean animal and clean bird and offered them as burnt offerings on the altar.
21And Jehovah smelled the sweet savor; and Jehovah said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake, for that the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more everything living, as I have done.
21The LORD smelled the pleasant aroma and said to himself, 'I will never again curse the ground because of human beings, even though their hearts are inclined toward evil from the time they are young. I will never again destroy every living thing as I have just done.'