Genesis 8:10

Then he waited seven days longer and again sent out the dove from the ark.

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

In Context

9but the dove found no rest for her foot, and so returned to him to the ark, for the waters covered the surface of the whole earth. So he reached out his hand and took her and brought her back into the ark.

11The dove came in to him at dusk and in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive-leaf. So Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the earth.

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Cross References

Genesis 7:10After seven days, the flood waters came.

Psalms 40:1For the Lord I waited and waited, till, inclining to me, he heard my cry.

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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