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Verse 1

And God{H430} remembered{H2142} Noah,{H5146} and all the beasts,{H2416} and all the cattle{H929} that were with him in the ark:{H8392} and God{H430} made{H5674} a wind{H7307} to pass{H5674} over{H5921} the earth,{H776} and the waters{H4325} assuaged;{H7918}

Verse 2

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

Verse 3

and the waters{H4325} returned{H7725} from off the earth{H776} continually:{H1980} and after the end{H7097} of a hundred{H3967} and fifty{H2572} days{H3117} the waters{H4325} decreased.{H2637}

Verse 4

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

Verse 5

And the waters{H4325} decreased{H2637} continually{H1980} 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}

Verse 6

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

Verse 7

and he sent forth{H7971} a raven,{H6158} and it went forth{H3318} to{H3318} and fro,{H7725} until the waters{H4325} were dried up{H3001} from off the earth.{H776}

Verse 8

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

Verse 9

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

Verse 10

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

Verse 11

and the dove{H3123} came in{H935} to him at eventide;{H6256} and, lo, in her mouth{H6310} an{H2132} olive-leaf{H5929} plucked off:{H2965} so Noah{H5146} knew{H3045} that the waters{H4325} were abated from off the earth.{H776}

Verse 12

And he stayed{H3176} yet other{H312} seven{H7651} days,{H3117} and sent forth{H7971} the dove;{H3123} and she returned{H7725} not again{H3254} unto him any more.{H5750}

Verse 13

And it came to pass in the six{H8337} hundred{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} from off the earth:{H776} and Noah{H5146} removed{H5493} the covering{H4372} of the ark,{H8392} and looked,{H7200} and, behold, the face{H6440} of the ground{H127} was dried.{H2717}

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} dry.{H3001}

Verse 15

And God{H430} spake{H1696} unto Noah,{H5146} saying,{H559}

Verse 16

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

Verse 18

And Noah{H5146} went forth,{H3318} 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 bird,{H5775} whatsoever{H3605} moveth{H7430} upon the earth,{H776} after their families,{H4940} went forth{H3318} out of the ark.{H8392}

Verse 20

And Noah{H5146} builded{H1129} an altar{H4196} unto Jehovah,{H3068} and took{H3947} of every clean{H2889} beast,{H929} and of every clean{H2889} bird,{H5775} and offered{H5927} burnt-offerings{H5930} on the altar.{H4196}

Verse 21

And Jehovah{H3068} smelled{H7306} the sweet{H5207} savor;{H7381} and Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} in{H413} his heart,{H3820} I will not again{H3254} curse{H7043} the ground{H127} any more for man's{H120} sake,{H5668} for that the imagination{H3336} of man's{H120} heart{H3820} is evil{H7451} from his youth;{H5271} neither will I again{H3254} smite{H5221} any more everything living,{H2416} as I have done.{H6213}

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}

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