Genesis 8:10
New International Version
He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.

New Living Translation
After waiting another seven days, Noah released the dove again.

English Standard Version
He waited another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.

Berean Standard Bible
Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.

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

New King James Version
And he waited yet another seven days, and again he sent the dove out from the ark.

New American Standard Bible
So he waited another seven days longer; and again he sent out the dove from the ark.

NASB 1995
So he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent out the dove from the ark.

NASB 1977
So he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent out the dove from the ark.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent out the dove from the ark.

Amplified Bible
He waited another seven days and again sent the dove out from the ark.

Christian Standard Bible
So Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove from the ark again.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove from the ark again.

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

Contemporary English Version
Seven days later Noah sent the dove out again.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He waited seven more days and again sent the dove out of the ship.

Good News Translation
He waited another seven days and sent out the dove again.

International Standard Version
Noah waited another seven days and sent the dove out from the ark again.

Majority Standard Bible
Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.

NET Bible
He waited seven more days and then sent out the dove again from the ark.

New Heart English Bible
And he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the vessel.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he stayed yet other seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;

World English Bible
He waited yet another seven days; and again he sent the dove out of the ship.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And he stays yet seven more days, and adds to send forth the dove from the Ark;

Young's Literal Translation
And he stayeth yet other seven days, and addeth to send forth the dove from the ark;

Smith's Literal Translation
And he will wait yet again other seven days, and he will add to send forth the dove from the ark.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove out of the ark.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And then, having waited a further seven days, he again sent forth the dove out of the ark.

New American Bible
He waited yet seven days more and again released the dove from the ark.

New Revised Standard Version
He waited another seven days, and again he sent out the dove from the ark;
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And he waited again seven more days, and he returned and he sent the dove from the ark;
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove from the ark.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Noah Sends a Raven and a Dove
9But the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark. 10Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark. 11And behold, the dove returned to him in the evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.…

Cross References
Genesis 7:4
For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”

Genesis 6:17-18
And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish. / But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.

Genesis 9:11
And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”

Genesis 7:10
And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth.

Genesis 7:24
And the waters prevailed upon the earth for 150 days.

Genesis 9:15
I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.

Genesis 6:14
Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out.

Genesis 9:1
And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

Genesis 7:16
And they entered, the male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.

Genesis 9:8-10
Then God said to Noah and his sons with him, / “Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you, / and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth—every living thing that came out of the ark.

Matthew 24:37-39
As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. / For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. / And they were oblivious until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.

Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

1 Peter 3:20
who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.

Luke 17:26-27
Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man: / People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

2 Peter 2:5
if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;


Treasury of Scripture

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

stayed.

Psalm 40:1
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

Isaiah 8:17
And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

Isaiah 26:8
Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.

seven.

Genesis 8:12
And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.

Genesis 7:4,10
For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth…

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Genesis 8
1. God remembers Noah and calms the waters.
4. The ark rests on Ararat.
6. Noah sends forth a raven and then a dove.
13. Noah, being commanded, goes forth from the ark.
20. He builds an altar, and offers sacrifices,
21. which God accepts, and promises to curse the earth no more.














Noah waited seven more days
The phrase highlights Noah's patience and obedience to God's timing. The number seven in Hebrew culture often symbolizes completeness or perfection, reflecting God's creation week. Noah's waiting period signifies a complete cycle, suggesting a divine orchestration in the unfolding events. This patience is a model for believers, emphasizing trust in God's perfect timing and the importance of waiting on the Lord.

and again sent out the dove
The dove is a symbol of peace and the Holy Spirit in Christian theology. In the context of Genesis, the dove represents hope and the search for new beginnings. Noah's action of sending the dove again indicates perseverance and faith in God's promise to renew the earth. The dove's mission is to find evidence of life and restoration, paralleling the believer's journey to seek signs of God's presence and renewal in their lives.

from the ark
The ark is a symbol of God's salvation and protection. It represents a place of refuge amidst judgment, akin to Christ's role as the Savior. Noah's sending of the dove from the ark signifies a transition from judgment to grace, from confinement to freedom. The ark's role in the narrative underscores the theme of divine deliverance and the hope of a new beginning, encouraging believers to trust in God's provision and protection through life's storms.

(10-12) Again he sent forth the dove . . . --When, after another week's delay, Noah again sent forth the dove, it remained away until "the time of evening," finding both food and ground on which it could alight near the ark. It was not till nightfall that it came home, bringing to him "an olive leaf pluckt off," or, possibly, a fresh olive-leaf. The olive-tree, which grows abundantly in Armenia, is said to vegetate under water; but what Noah wanted to learn was, not whether the topmost boughs were emerging from the flood, but whether the soil beneath was becoming free from water. Now, after a seven days' interval, when Noah again sent forth the dove, she did not return, "because the ground was dry." It is thus plain that the olive-tree had had plenty of time on some of the higher lands, while the flood was subsiding, to put forth new leaves. From this event the olive-leaf, thus sent by the regenerated earth to Noah in proof that she was ready to yield herself to him, has been ever since, among all mankind, the symbol of peace.

Verse 10. - And he stayed. וַיָחֶל, fut. apoc., Hif. of חוּל, to turn, to twist, to be afraid, to tremble, to wait (Furst); fut. apoc. Kal (Gesenius). Yet other seven days. עוד, prop. the inf. absol, of the verb עוּט, to go over again, to repeat; hence, as an adverb, conveying the idea of doing over again the action expressed in the verb (cf. Genesis 46:29; Psalm 84:5). And again he sent forth - literally, he added to send (cf. vers. 12, 21) - the dove out of the ark.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
[Noah] waited
וַיָּ֣חֶל (way·yā·ḥel)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2342: To twist, whirl, to dance, to writhe in pain, fear, to wait, to pervert

seven
שִׁבְעַ֥ת (šiḇ·‘aṯ)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number

more
אֲחֵרִ֑ים (’ă·ḥê·rîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 312: Hinder, next, other

days
יָמִ֖ים (yā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3117: A day

and again
וַיֹּ֛סֶף (way·yō·sep̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3254: To add, augment

sent out
שַׁלַּ֥ח (šal·laḥ)
Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

the dove
הַיּוֹנָ֖ה (hay·yō·w·nāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 3123: A dove

from
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

the ark.
הַתֵּבָֽה׃ (hat·tê·ḇāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8392: A box, chest


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