Genesis 8:8 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 8:8

6 So it came to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah ^aopened the window of the ark which he had made.

7 Then he sent out a raven, which kept going to and fro until the waters had dried up from the earth.

8 He also sent out from himself a dove, to see if the waters had receded from the face of the ground.

9 But the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, and she returned into the ark to him, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth. So he put out his hand and took her, and drew her into the ark to himself.

10 And he waited yet another seven days, and again he sent the dove out from the ark.

11 Then the dove came to him in the evening, and behold, a freshly plucked olive leaf was in her mouth; and Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.

12 So he waited yet another seven days and sent out the dove, which did not return again to him anymore.

13 And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, that the waters were dried up from the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and indeed the surface of the ground was dry.

Verse Comparison: Genesis 8:8

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

Amplified® Bible
Then he sent forth a dove to see if the waters had decreased from the surface of the ground.

Contemporary English Version
Noah wanted to find out if the water had gone down, and he sent out a dove.

Darby English Version
And he sent out the dove from him, to see if the waters had become low on the ground.

Good News Bible
Meanwhile, Noah sent out a dove to see if the water had gone down,

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

New American Standard Bible
Then he sent out a dove from him, to see if the water was abated from the face of the land;

New International Version
Then he sent out a dove to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground.

New King James Version
He also sent out from himself a dove, to see if the waters had receded from the face of the ground.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then he sent out a dove from him, to see if the water abated from the face of the land;

Revised Standard Version
Then he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters had subsided from the face of the ground;

Young's Literal Translation
And he sendeth forth the dove from him to see whether the waters have been lightened from off the face of the ground,

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