8. Likewise, he sent forth a dove after him, in order to see if the waters had now ceased upon the face of the earth.
9. But when she did not find a place where her foot might rest, she returned to him in the ark. For the waters were upon the whole earth. And he extended his hand and caught her, and he brought her into the ark.
10. And then, having waited a further seven days, he again sent forth the dove out of the ark.
11. And she came to him in the evening, carrying in her mouth an olive branch with green leaves. Noah then understood that the waters had ceased upon the earth.