Genesis 8:12
Good News Translation
Then he waited another seven days and sent out the dove once more; this time it did not come back.

New Revised Standard Version
Then he waited another seven days, and sent out the dove; and it did not return to him any more.

Contemporary English Version
He waited seven more days before sending the dove out again, and this time it did not return.

New American Bible
He waited yet another seven days and then released the dove; but this time it did not come back.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he stayed yet other seven days: and he sent forth the dove, which returned not any more unto him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

And he.

Psalm 27:14 Expect the Lord, do manfully, and let thy heart take courage, and wait thou for the Lord.

Psalm 130:5,6 my soul hath hoped in the Lord. . . .

Isaiah 8:17 And I will wait for the Lord, who hath hid his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

Isaiah 25:9 And they shall say in that day: Lo, this is our God, we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord, we have patiently waited for him, we shall rejoice and be joyful in his salvation.

Isaiah 26:8 And in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, we have patiently waited for thee: thy name, and thy remembrance are the desire of the soul.

Isaiah 30:18 Therefore the Lord waiteth that he may have mercy on you: and therefore shall he be exalted sparing you: because the Lord is the God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

Habakkuk 2:3 For as yet the vision is far off, and it shall appear at the end, and shall not lie: if it make any delay, wait for it: for it shall surely come, and it shall not be slack.

James 5:7,8 Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth: patiently bearing till he receive the early and latter rain. . . .

seven.

Genesis 8:10 And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove out of the ark.

Genesis 2:2,3 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made: and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done. . . .

Context
Noah Sends a Raven and a Dove
11And she came to him in the evening carrying a bough of an olive tree, with green leaves, in her mouth. Noe therefore understood that the waters were ceased upon the earth. 12And he stayed yet other seven days: and he sent forth the dove, which returned not any more unto him.
Cross References
Genesis 8:11
And she came to him in the evening carrying a bough of an olive tree, with green leaves, in her mouth. Noe therefore understood that the waters were ceased upon the earth.

Jeremiah 48:28
Leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, you that dwell in Moab: and be ye like the dove that maketh her nest in the mouth of the hole in the highest place.

Genesis 8:11
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