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15 Waters cover mountains. Dove sent out GENESIS 7:19–8:17
came overwhelming and kept increasing
greatly upon the earth,
but the ark kept going on the
surface of the waters. a 19 And
the waters overwhelmed the
earth so greatly that all the tall
mountains that were under the
whole heavens came to be covered.
b 20 Up to fifteen cubits
the waters overwhelmed them
and the mountains became covered.
c
21 So all flesh that was moving
upon the earth expired, d
among the flying creatures
and among the domestic animals
and among the wild beasts
and among all the swarms that
were swarming upon the earth,
and all mankind. e 22 Everything
in which the breath of the
force of life was active in its nostrils,
namely, all that were on
the dry ground, died. f 23 Thus
he wiped out every existing
thing that was on the surface of
the ground, from man to beast,
to moving animal and to flying
creature of the heavens, and
they were wiped off the earth; g
and only Noah and those who
were with him in the ark kept
on surviving. h 24 And the waters
continued overwhelming the
earth a hundred and fifty days.
8
After that God rememberedi
Noah and every wild beast
and every domestic animal that
was with him in the ark, j and
God caused a wind to pass over
the earth, and the waters began
to subside. k 2 And the springs
of the watery deep l and the floodgates
m of the heavens became
stoppedup,andsothedownpour
from the heavens was restrained.
3 And the waters began receding
from off the earth, progressively
receding; and at the end of
a hundred and fifty days the
waters were lacking. n 4 And in
the seventh month, on the seventeenth
day of the month, the ark o
came to rest on the mountains
of Ara·rat. p 5 And the waters
CHAP. 7
a Ps 69:15
b Job 12:15
2Pe 3:6
c Ps 104:6
d Ge 6:17
e Lu 17:27
f Ge 6:17
Ge 7:15
Job 27:3
Ec 3:19
Isa 42:5
g Ge 6:7
h Pr 2:21
Mt 24:37
1Pe 3:20
2Pe 2:9
2Pe 3:6
CHAP. 8
i Ge 19:29
Ex 2:24
1Sa 1:19
Ps 94:14
j Ge 6:20
Heb 11:7
k Ps 33:7
l Ge 7:11
Pr 8:28
m 2Ki 7:2
n Job 38:11
Jer 5:22
o Ge 7:18
p 2Ki 19:37
Second Col.
a Ge 7:20
b Ge 6:16
c Ge 6:20
Le 11:15
1Ki 17:4
Job 38:41
d Ps 55:6
e Ge 7:19
f Ne 8:15
g Ge 7:20
Ge 8:3
h Jer 48:28
i Ge 7:11
j Ge 1:9
k Ex 14:21
l Ge 7:7
1Pe 3:20
2Pe 2:5
kept on progressively lessening
until the tenth month. In the
tenth month, on the first of the
month, the tops of the mountains
appeared. a
6 So it occurred that at the
end of forty days Noah proceeded
to open the window b of the ark
that he had made. 7 After that
he sent out a raven, c and it continued
flying outdoors, going and
returning, until the waters dried
off the earth.
8 Later he sent out from him
adove d to see whether the waters
had abated from the surface of
the ground. 9 And the dove did
not find any resting-place for the
sole of its foot, and so it returned
to him into the ark because the
waters were yet upon the surface
of the whole earth. e At that he
put his hand out and took it and
brought it to himself inside the
ark. 10 And he went on waiting
still another seven days, and
once again he sent out the dove
from the ark. 11 Later on the
dove came to him about the time
of evening and, look! there was
an olive leaf f freshly plucked in
its bill, and so Noah got to know
that the waters had abated from
the earth. g 12 And he went on
waiting still another seven days.
Then he sent out the dove, but it
did not come back again to him
anymore. h
13 Now in the six hundred
and first year, i in the first
month, on the first day of the
month, it came about that the
waters had drained from off the
earth; and Noah proceeded to
remove the covering of the ark
and to look, and here the surface
of the ground had drained dry. j
14 And in the second month, on
the twenty-seventh day of the
month, the earth had dried off. k
15 God now spoke to Noah,
saying: 16 “Go out of the ark,
you and your wife and your sons
and your sons’ wives with you. l
17 Every living creature that is