The Ark Rests on Ararat 1 ULT But God remembered Noah and all the living thing{ s} and all the livestock that{ were} with him in the ark, and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided. BSB BSB: But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.
2 ULT And the fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the heavens was stopped. BSB BSB: The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.
3 ULT Then the waters receded steadily from the earth, and{ at} the end of the 150 days the waters had decreased, BSB BSB: The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.
4 ULT so that in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested on the mountains of Ararat. BSB BSB: On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
5 ULT And the waters continued to decrease until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first of the month, the tops of the mountains could be seen. BSB BSB: And the waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.
Noah Sends a Raven and a Dove 6 ULT And it happened{ at} the end of forty days that Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made, BSB BSB: After forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark
7 ULT and he sent out the raven, and it kept flying out and returning until the waters dried up from the earth. BSB BSB: and sent out a raven. It kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.
8 ULT Then he sent out the dove from him to see if the waters had subsided from the surface of the ground. BSB BSB: Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.
9 ULT But the dove did not find a resting place for the sole of its foot, so it returned to him in the ark, for the waters{ were} over the face of all of the earth. And he reached out his hand and took it and brought it to him into the ark. BSB BSB: But the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.
10 ULT Then he waited another seven days and again sent out the dove from the ark. BSB BSB: Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.
11 ULT Then the dove returned to him at evening time, and behold,{ there was} a freshly picked olive leaf in its mouth. So Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the earth. BSB BSB: And behold, the dove returned to him in the evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.
12 ULT Then he waited another seven days, and he sent out the dove, but it did not return to him again. BSB BSB: And Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him.
Exiting the Ark 13 ULT So it happened in the six hundred and first year, in the first{ month}, on the first{ day} of the month, the waters were drying up from the earth. Then Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and behold, the surface of the ground was drying. BSB BSB: In Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
14 ULT Then in the second month, on the twenty- seventh day of the month, the earth was dry. BSB BSB: By the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth was fully dry.
15 ULT Then God said to Noah, saying, BSB BSB: Then God said to Noah,
16 ULT “Go out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and the wives of your sons with you. BSB BSB: “Come out of the ark, you and your wife, along with your sons and their wives.
17 ULT Bring out with you every living thing that{ is} with you, all flesh, including the birds and the livestock and every creeper creeping on the earth, so that they will abound on the earth and be fruitful and multiply over the earth.” BSB BSB: Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”
18 ULT Then Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and the wives of his sons with him. BSB BSB: So Noah came out, along with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives.
19 ULT Every living thing, every crawling thing and every bird, everything moving on the earth, went out of the ark by their families. BSB BSB: Every living creature, every creeping thing, and every bird—everything that moves upon the earth—came out of the ark, kind by kind.
Noah Builds an Altar 20 ULT Then Noah built an altar to Yahweh, and he took from every clean animal and from every clean bird, and he offered burnt offerings on the altar. BSB BSB: Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar.
21 ULT And Yahweh smelled the pleasant aroma, and Yahweh said in his heart,“Never again will I curse the ground because of mankind, though the inclination of mankind’ s hearts{ is} evil from their youth. And never again will I strike every living{ thing} as I have done. BSB BSB: When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
22 ULT While all of the days of the earth continue, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.” BSB BSB: As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”