6. And it came to pass at the end of forty days that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.
7. And he sent out the raven, which went forth going to and fro, until the waters were dried from the earth.
8. And he sent out the dove from him, to see if the waters had become low on the ground.
9. But the dove found no resting-place for the sole of her foot, and returned to him into the ark; for the waters were on the whole earth; and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her to him into the ark.
10. And he waited yet other seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.
11. And the dove came to him at eventide; and behold, in her beak was an olive-leaf plucked off; and Noah knew that the waters had become low on the earth.
12. And he waited yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; but she returned no more to him.
13. And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first of the month, that the waters were dried up from the earth. And Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the surface of the ground was dried.
14. And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
15. And God spoke to Noah, saying,
16. Go out of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.