Genesis 8:10

Noah waited for 7 more days, and then he let the pigeon go out of the boat again.

Plain English Version

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

11This time the pigeon came back just before night time. It had a fresh leaf from an olive tree in its mouth. Then Noah knew the flood water was getting lower, and the trees were growing again.

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Cross References

Genesis 7:10Then, 7 days later, the flood water came, just like God said.

Psalms 40:1I had really bad trouble. It’s like I was in a deep hole that people die in. It’s like I was stuck in a bad place, like my legs were stuck in sticky mud. But I trusted God, and I waited for him to help me. I cried out to him, and he listened to me. God helped me. He saved me from that trouble. It’s like he lifted me out of that mud, and put my feet on good hard ground. God kept me safe. It’s like he gave me a safe path to walk on.

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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