But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot: therefore she returned unto him into the Ark (for the waters were upon the whole earth) and he [a]put forth his hand, and received her, and took her to him into the Ark.

10 And he abode yet another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the Ark.

11 And the dove came to him in the evening, and lo in her [b]mouth was an [c]olive leaf that she had plucked: whereby Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 8:9 It is like that the raven did fly to and fro, resting on the Ark, but came not into it, as the dove that was taken in.
  2. Genesis 8:11 Or, bill.
  3. Genesis 8:11 Which was a sign that the waters were much diminished: for the olives grow not on the high mountains.

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