Genesis 8:10

And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove from the ark.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;

In Context

9And the dove not having found rest for her feet, returned to him into the ark, because the water was on all the face of the earth, and he stretched out his hand and took her, and brought her to himself into the ark.

11And the dove returned to him in the evening, and had a leaf of olive, a sprig in her mouth; and Noah knew that the water had ceased from off the earth.

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Cross References

Genesis 7:10And it came to pass after the seven days that the water of the flood came upon the earth.

Psalms 40:1For the end, a Psalm of David. 1

Isaiah 26:8For the way of the Lord is judgment: we have hoped in thy name, and on the remembrance of thee,

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 →

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