Genesis 8:12

He waited another seven days, and sent out the dove again. She did not return again to him.

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In The King James Version

And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.

In Context

11The dove returned to him in the evening. Look! In her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters had gone down from the earth.

13It came about in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, that the waters were dried up from off the earth. Noah removed the covering of the ark, looked out, and saw that, behold, the surface of the ground was dry.

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Cross References

Genesis 8:10He waited another seven days and again he sent out the dove from the ark.

Psalms 130:5I wait for Yahweh, my soul waits, 1 and in his word I hope. 1

Isaiah 25:9It will be said on that day, “Look, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us. 1 This is Yahweh; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.” 1

Isaiah 30:18Yet Yahweh is waiting to be gracious to you, therefore he is ready to show you mercy. 1 For Yahweh is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him. 1

James 5:7So be patient, brothers, until the Lord's coming. See, the farmer awaits the valuable harvest from the ground. He is patiently waiting for it, until it receives the early and late rains.

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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