8. And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
9. but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him to the ark; for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her in unto him into the ark.
10. And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
11. and the dove came in to him at eventide; and, lo, in her mouth an olive-leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
12. And he stayed yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she returned not again unto him any more.
13. And it came to pass in the six hundred 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 dried.
14. And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dry.
15. And God spake unto Noah, saying,
16. Go forth from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
17. Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both birds, and cattle, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.