Genesis 8:7
and sent a raven out. It flew back and forth until the water on the earth had dried up.
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In Context
6Forty days later Noah opened the window he'd made in the ark,
8Then he sent a dove out to see if the waters had gone down enough to expose dry ground.
Cross References
1 Kings 17:4You can drink from the brook, and I have ordered ravens to bring you food you there.”
Job 38:41Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God, weak from starvation?”
Matthew Henry on Genesis 8:7-13
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 forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. 8 Also 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 into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled… Read the whole commentary →