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Genesis 8:10
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He stayed yet another seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the teivah.
And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
And he waited another seven days, and again he sent out the dove from the ark.
After seven days Noah again sent out the dove from the boat,
He waited seven more days and then sent out the dove again from the ark.
He waited another seven days and again sent the dove out from the ark.
So he waited another seven days longer; and again he sent out the dove from the ark.
And he abode yet other seuen dayes, and againe he sent forth the doue out of the Arke.
Then he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent out the dove from the ark.
Seven days later Noah sent the dove out again.
He waited another seven days and again sent the dove out from the ark.
And he waited yet other seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.
He waited another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.
And he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
He waited another seven days and sent out the dove again.
So Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove from the ark again.
And he waited yet another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.
Then he abode yet seuen dayes mo, & sent out the doue agayne out of the Arke:
And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
And after waiting another seven days, he sent the dove out again;
And he abode yet other seuen dayes, and agayne he sent foorth the Doue out of the arke:
And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.
And hee stayed yet other seuen dayes; and againe hee sent foorth the doue out of the Arke.
And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove from the ark.
And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.
Sotheli whanne othere seuene daies weren abedun aftirward, eft he leet out a culuer fro the schip;
And he stayeth yet other seven days, and addeth to send forth the dove from the ark;
And he stayed yet other seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
He stayed yet another seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.
And he waited yet another seven days, and again he sent the dove out from the ark.
After waiting another seven days, Noah released the dove again.
He waited another seven days, and sent the dove from the boat again.
He waited another seven days, and again he sent out the dove from the ark;
Then stayed he yet seven days more, - and, again sent forth the dove out of the ark.
And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove out of the ark.
He waited another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
And he stayed yet another seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
He waited seven more days and sent out the dove again. It came back in the evening with a freshly picked olive leaf in its beak. Noah knew that the flood was about finished.
So he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent out the dove from the ark.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
stayed: Psalms 40:1, Isaiah 8:17, Isaiah 26:8, Romans 8:25
seven: Genesis 8:12, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 7:10
Reciprocal: Genesis 8:8 - a dove Genesis 29:27 - week Exodus 29:30 - seven days Acts 28:14 - and were
Cross-References
Seven days from now, I will send much rain on the earth. It will rain for 40 days and 40 nights, and I will wipe everything off the face of the earth. I will destroy everything I made."
Seven days later the flood started. The rain began to fall on the earth.
Seven days later Noah sent the dove out again. But this time the dove didn't come back.
To the director: A song of David.
I called to the Lord , and he heard me. He heard my cries.The Lord has turned away from the family of Jacob. But I will wait for him. I trust that he will come to save us.
But, Lord , we are waiting for your way of justice. We want to honor you and your name.
But we are hoping for something we don't have yet, and we are waiting for it patiently.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And he stayed yet other seven days,.... As he had stayed seven days between the sending out of the raven and the dove, so he stayed seven days more after he had sent out the dove, and it returned to him, waiting patiently for his deliverance, and the signs of it; though he could have been glad to have known its near approach, for which he made the experiments be did:
and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; very probably the selfsame dove he had sent out before.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
- The Land Was Dried
1. שׁכך shākak “stoop, assuage.”
3. חסר chāsar “want, fail, be abated.”
4. אררט 'ărārāṭ, “Ararat,” a land forming part of Armenia. It is mentioned in 2 Kings 19:37, and Isaiah 37:38, as the retreat of Adrammelek and Sharezer after the murder of their father; and in Jeremiah 51:27 as a kingdom.
8. קלל qālal, “be light, lightened, lightly esteemed, swift.”
10. חוּל chûl, “twist, turn, dance, writhe, tremble, be strong, wait.” יהל yāchal “remain, wait, hope.”
13. חרב chāreb, “be drained, desolated, amazed.”
Genesis 8:1-3
The waters commence their retreat. “And God remembered Noah.” He is said to remember him when he takes any step to deliver him from the waters. The several steps to this end are enumerated.
A wind. - This would promote evaporation, and otherwise aid the retreat of the waters. “The fountains of the deep and the windows of the skies were shut.” The incessant and violent showers had continued for six weeks. It is probable the weather remained turbid and moist for some time longer. In the sixth month, however, the rain probably ceased altogether. Some time before this, the depressing of the ground had reached its lowest point, and the upheaving had set in. This is the main cause of the reflux of the waters. All this is described, as we perceive, according to appearance. It is probable that the former configuration of the surface was not exactly restored. At all events it is not necessary, as the ark may have drifted a considerable space in a hundred and fifty days. Some of the old ground on which primeval man had trodden may have become a permanent water bed, and a like amount of new land may have risen to the light in another place. Hence, it is vain to seek for a spot retaining the precise conditions of the primitive Eden. The Euphrates and Tigris may substantially remain, but the Pishon and Gihon may have considerably changed. The Black Sea, the Caspian, the lakes Van and Urumiah may cover portions of the Adamic land. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the prevalence of the waters begins to turn into a positive retreat.
Genesis 8:4-5
The ark rested. - It is stranded on some hill in Ararat. This country forms part of Armenia. As the drying wind most probably came from the east or north, it is likely that the ark was drifted toward Asia Minor, and caught land on some hill in the reaches of the Euphrates. It cannot be supposed that it rested on either of the peaks now called Ararat, as Ararat was a country, not a mountain, and these peaks do not seem suitable for the purpose. The seventh month began usually with the new moon nearest the vernal equinox, or the 21st of March. “The tenth month.” The waters ceased to prevail on the first of the ninth month. The ark, though grounded six weeks before, was still deep in the waters. The tops of the hills began to appear a month after. The subsiding of the waters seems to have been very slow.
Genesis 8:6-12
The raven and the dove are sent out to bring tidings of the external world. “Forty days.” Before Noah made any experiment he seems to have allowed the lapse of forty days to undo the remaining effect of the forty days’ rain. “The window.” He seems to have been unable to take any definite observations through the aperture here called a window. The raven found carrion in abundance, floated probably on the waters, and did not need to return. This was such a token of the state of things as Noah might expect from such a messenger. He next sends the dove, who returns to him. “Yet other seven days.” This intimates that he stayed seven days also after the raven was sent out. The olive leaf plucked off was a sign of returning safety to the land. It is said by Theophrastus (Hist. Plant. 4, 7) and Pliny (H. N. 13, 50) that the olive strikes leaves even under water. From this event, the olive branch became the symbol of peace, and the dove the emblem of the Comforter, the messenger of peace. After seven other days, the dove being despatched, returns no more. The number seven figures very conspicuously in this narrative. Seven days before the showers commence the command to enter the ark is given; and at intervals of seven days the winged messengers are sent out. These intervals point evidently to the period of seven days, determined by the six days of creation and the seventh day of rest. The clean beasts also and the birds are admitted into the ark by seven pairs. This points to the sacredness associated with the number arising from the hallowed character of the seventh day. The number forty also, the product of four, the number of the world or universe, and ten the number of completeness, begins here to be employed for a complete period in which a process will have run its course.
Genesis 8:13-14
Noah delays apparently another month, and, on the first day of the new year, ventures to remove the covering of the ark and look around. The date of the complete drying of the land is then given. The interval from the entrance to the exit consists of the following periods:
| Rain continued | 40 days |
| Waters prevailed | 150 days |
| Waters subside | 99 days |
| Noah delays | 40 days |
| Sending of the raven and the dove | 20 days |
| Another month | 29 days |
| Interval until the 27th of the 2nd month | 57 days |
| Sum-total of days | 365 days |
Hence, it appears that the interval was a lunar year of three hundred and fifty-six days nearly, and ten days; that is, as nearly as possible, a solar year. This passage is important on account of the divisions of time which it brings out at this early epoch. The week of seven days is plainly intimated. The lunar month and year are evidently known. It is remarkable that the ten additional days bring up the lunar year in whole numbers to the solar. It seems a tacit agreement with the real order of nature. According to the Hebrew text, the deluge commenced in the 1656th year of the race of man. According to all texts it occurred in the time of Noah, the ninth in descent from Adam.
