Genesis 8:12 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 8:12

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.

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

15 Then God spoke to Noah, saying,

16 “Go out of the ark, ^ayou and your wife, and your sons and your sons’ wives with you.

17 Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you: birds and cattle and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, so that they may abound on the earth, and ^abe fruitful and multiply on the earth.”

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

19 Every animal, every creeping thing, every bird, and whatever creeps on the earth, according to their families, went out of the ark.

God’s Covenant with Creation

20 Then Noah built an ^aaltar to the Lord, and took of ^bevery clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered ^cburnt offerings on the altar.

Verse Comparison: Genesis 8:12

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American Standard Version
And he stayed yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she returned not again unto him any more.

Amplified® Bible
Then he waited another seven days and sent forth the dove, but she did not return to him any more.

Contemporary English Version
He waited seven more days before sending the dove out again, and this time it did not return.

Darby English Version
And he waited yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; but she returned no more to him.

Good News Bible
Then he waited another seven days and sent out the dove once more; this time it did not come back.

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

New American Standard Bible
Then he waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; but she did not return to him again.

New International Version
He waited seven more days and sent the dove out again, but this time it did not return to him.

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

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then he waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; but she did not return to him again.

Revised Standard Version
Then he waited another seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she did not return to him any more.

Young's Literal Translation
And he stayeth yet other seven days, and sendeth forth the dove, and it added not to turn back unto him any more.

New English Translation
He waited another seven days and sent the dove out again,¹ but it did not return to him this time.²

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