Genesis 8:7

and sent out a raven. It kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.

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In The King James Version

And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

In Context

6After forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark

8Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.

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Cross References

1 Kings 17:4And you are to drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”

Job 38:41Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?

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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