Genesis 8:1-22 The First Book of Moses Called Genesis |
God remembered Noah & every living thing & all cattle [animals] that were with him in the ark. God made the wind pass over the earth & the water [subsided]. The fountains of the deep & the windows of heaven were stopped & the rain from heaven was restrained. The waters continually [left] the earth & after the 150 days the waters [decreased]. |
On the 17th day of the 7th month, the ark rested on the mountains of Ararat. The waters [continued to decrease] until the 1st day of the 10th month, the tops of the mountains were seen. At the end of 40 days, Noah opened the window he [had] made [in] the ark. And he sent a raven out [of a window] & it went to & fro until the waters dried up from the earth. [Noah] also sent out a dove to see if the waters [decreased] from the ground, but the dove found no [resting place] for the soles of [its feet & returned to the ark, [because the waters still covered] the face of the whole earth. [Then, Noah] pulled her into the ark with him. [Noah waited 7 more days] & sent the dove out & it came back in the evening with a plucked olive leaf in her mouth, so Noah knew the waters had [receded] from the earth. So, Noah stayed another 7 days & sent the dove & it didn’t return any more. |
[On] the 1st day of the 1st month in the 601st year, the waters were dried from off the earth. Noah removed the covering of the ark & saw the [surface] of the ground was dry. On the 27th day of the 2nd month, the earth was dried. God [told] Noah, Go [out] of the ark, you & your [family] & bring every living thing of all flesh that was with him [in the ark]: [birds], cattle [animals] & [things that creep] on the earth, so that they may breed & are fruitful & multiply & abundantly [on] the earth. |
After Noah, his family & [all the living creatures] went forth out of the ark, [Noah] built an altar to the Lord & took of every clean [animal & bird] & offered burnt offerings on the altar. And the Lord smelled the sweet [aroma of the offering] & the Lord said in His heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake, for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I again [kill] every living thing, as I have done. While the earth remains, seedtime & harvest, cold & heat, summer & winter & day & night shall not cease. |