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Verse 1

And God{H430} remembered{H2142}{(H8799)} Noah{H5146}, and every living thing{H2416}, and all the cattle{H929} that was with him in the ark{H8392}: and God{H430} made{H5674} a wind{H7307} to pass{H5674}{(H8686)} over{H5921} the earth{H776}, and the waters{H4325} asswaged{H7918}{(H8799)};

Verse 2

The fountains{H4599} also of the deep{H8415} and the windows{H699} of heaven{H8064} were stopped{H5534}{(H8735)}, and the rain{H1653} from heaven{H8064} was restrained{H3607}{(H8735)};

Verse 3

And the waters{H4325} returned{H7725}{(H8799)} from off the earth{H776} continually{H1980}{(H8800)}{H7725}{(H8800)}: and after the end{H7097} of the hundred{H3967} and fifty{H2572} days{H3117} the waters{H4325} were abated{H2637}{(H8799)}.

Verse 4

And the ark{H8392} rested{H5117}{(H8799)} in the seventh{H7637} month{H2320}, on the seventeenth{H6240}{H7651} day{H3117} of the month{H2320}, upon the mountains{H2022} of Ararat{H780}.

Verse 5

And the waters{H4325} decreased{H2637}{(H8800)} continually{H1980}{(H8800)} until{H5704} the tenth{H6224} month{H2320}: in the tenth{H6224} month, on the first{H259} day of the month{H2320}, were the tops{H7218} of the mountains{H2022} seen{H7200}{(H8738)}.

Verse 6

And it came to pass at the end{H7093} of forty{H705} days{H3117}, that Noah{H5146} opened{H6605}{(H8799)} the window{H2474} of the ark{H8392} which he had made{H6213}{(H8804)}:

Verse 7

And he sent forth{H7971}{(H8762)} a raven{H6158}, which went forth{H3318}{(H8799)} to{H3318}{(H8800)} and fro{H7725}{(H8800)}, until the waters{H4325} were dried up{H3001}{(H8800)} from off the earth{H776}.

Verse 8

Also he sent forth{H7971}{(H8762)} a dove{H3123} from him, to see{H7200}{(H8800)} if the waters{H4325} were abated{H7043}{(H8804)} from off the face{H6440} of the ground{H127};

Verse 9

But the dove{H3123} found{H4672}{(H8804)} no rest{H4494} for the sole{H3709} of her foot{H7272}, and she returned{H7725}{(H8799)} unto him into the ark{H8392}, for the waters{H4325} were on the face{H6440} of the whole earth{H776}: then he put forth{H7971}{(H8799)} his hand{H3027}, and took her{H3947}{(H8799)}, and pulled her in{H935}{(H8686)} unto him into the ark{H8392}.

Verse 10

And he stayed{H2342}{(H8799)} yet other{H312} seven{H7651} days{H3117}; and again{H3254}{(H8686)} he sent forth{H7971}{(H8763)} the dove{H3123} out of the ark{H8392};

Verse 11

And the dove{H3123} came in{H935}{(H8799)} to him in the evening{H6256}{H6153}; and, lo, in her mouth{H6310} was an olive{H2132} leaf{H5929} pluckt off{H2965}: so Noah{H5146} knew{H3045}{(H8799)} that the waters{H4325} were abated{H7043}{(H8804)} from off the earth{H776}.

Verse 12

And he stayed{H3176}{(H8735)} yet other{H312} seven{H7651} days{H3117}; and sent forth{H7971}{(H8762)} the dove{H3123}; which returned{H7725}{(H8800)} not again{H3254}{(H8804)} unto him any more{H5750}.

Verse 13

And it came to pass in the six{H8337} hundredth{H3967} and first year{H8141}, in the first{H7223} month, the first{H259} day of the month{H2320}, the waters{H4325} were dried up{H2717}{(H8804)} from off the earth{H776}: and Noah{H5146} removed{H5493}{(H8686)} the covering{H4372} of the ark{H8392}, and looked{H7200}{(H8799)}, and, behold, the face{H6440} of the ground{H127} was dry{H2717}{(H8804)}.

Verse 14

And in the second{H8145} month{H2320}, on the seven{H7651} and twentieth{H6242} day{H3117} of the month{H2320}, was the earth{H776} dried{H3001}{(H8804)}.

Verse 15

And God{H430} spake{H1696}{(H8762)} unto Noah{H5146}, saying{H559}{(H8800)},

Verse 16

Go forth{H3318}{(H8798)} of the ark{H8392}, thou, and thy wife{H802}, and thy sons{H1121}, and thy sons{H1121}' wives{H802} with thee.

Verse 17

Bring forth{H3318}{(H8685)} with thee every living thing{H2416} that is with thee, of all flesh{H1320}, both of fowl{H5775}, and of cattle{H929}, and of every creeping thing{H7431} that creepeth{H7430}{(H8802)} upon the earth{H776}; that they may breed abundantly{H8317}{(H8804)} in the earth{H776}, and be fruitful{H6509}{(H8804)}, and multiply{H7235}{(H8804)} upon the earth{H776}.

Verse 18

And Noah{H5146} went forth{H3318}{(H8799)}, and his sons{H1121}, and his wife{H802}, and his sons{H1121}' wives{H802} with him:

Verse 19

Every beast{H2416}, every creeping thing{H7431}, and every fowl{H5775}, and whatsoever{H3605} creepeth{H7430}{(H8802)} upon the earth{H776}, after their kinds{H4940}, went forth{H3318}{(H8804)} out of the ark{H8392}.

Verse 20

And Noah{H5146} builded{H1129}{(H8799)} an altar{H4196} unto the LORD{H3068}; and took{H3947}{(H8799)} of every clean{H2889} beast{H929}, and of every clean{H2889} fowl{H5775}, and offered{H5927}{(H8686)} burnt offerings{H5930} on the altar{H4196}.

Verse 21

And the LORD{H3068} smelled{H7306}{(H8686)} a sweet{H5207} savour{H7381}; and the LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8799)} in{H413} his heart{H3820}, I will not again{H3254}{(H8686)} curse{H7043}{(H8763)} the ground{H127} any more for man's{H120} sake{H5668}; for the imagination{H3336} of man's{H120} heart{H3820} is evil{H7451} from his youth{H5271}; neither will I again{H3254}{(H8686)} smite{H5221}{(H8687)} any more every thing living{H2416}, as I have done{H6213}{(H8804)}.

Verse 22

While the earth{H776} remaineth{H3117}, seedtime{H2233} and harvest{H7105}, and cold{H7120} and heat{H2527}, and summer{H7019} and winter{H2779}, and day{H3117} and night{H3915} shall not cease{H7673}{(H8799)}.

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