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But God remembered Noah and all the animals and all the livestock that were with him in the ark; and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water subsided.

And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged;

Also the fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained;

The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

and the water receded steadily from the earth, and at the end of 150 days the water decreased.

And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

Then in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat.

And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

And the water decreased steadily until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains became visible.

And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

Then it came about at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made;

And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:

and he sent out a raven, and it flew here and there until the water was dried up from the earth.

And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

Then he sent out a dove, to see if the water was low on the surface of the land;

Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

but the dove found no resting place for the sole of its foot, so it returned to him in the ark, for the water was on the surface of all the earth. Then he put out his hand and took it, and brought it into the ark to himself.

But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.

So he waited another seven days longer; and again he sent out the dove from the ark.

And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;

And the dove came to him in the evening, and behold, in its beak was a fresh olive leaf. So Noah knew that the water was low on the earth.

And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

Then he waited another seven days longer, and sent out the dove; but it did not return to him again.

And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.

Now it came about in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first of the month, that the water was dried up from the earth. Then Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the surface of the ground had dried up.

And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.

And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.

Then God spoke to Noah, saying,

And God spake unto Noah, saying,

"Go out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and your sons' wives with you.

Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.

"Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you, birds and animals and every crawling thing that crawls on the earth, that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth."

Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.

So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife, and his sons' wives with him.

And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him:

Every animal, every crawling thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out by their families from the ark.

Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.

Then Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took some of every kind of clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord ; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

The LORD smelled the soothing aroma, and the LORD said to Himself, "I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for the intent of man's heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done.

And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and 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 smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

"While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, Cold and heat, Summer and winter, And day and night Shall not cease."

While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.