Genesis 8:1-9 ▼

1 God kept Noah in mind, along with all the wildlife and livestock that were with him in the ark. God's Spirit moved throughout the earth, causing the flood waters to subside.

2 The water sources from the ocean depths were blocked and the floodgates of the heavens were closed.

3 Then the flood waters steadily receded, diminishing completely by the end of the 150 days.

4 The ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat on the seventeenth day of the seventh month.

5 The flood water continued to recede until the tenth month, when, on the first of that month, the tops of the mountains could be seen.

6 After 40 days, Noah opened the window of the ark that he had built

7 and sent out a raven. It went back and forth as the flood water continued to evaporate throughout the earth.

8 Later, he sent a dove out from the ark to see whether the water that covered the land's surface had completely receded,

9 but the dove could not yet find a place to rest, so it returned to Noah on the ark, since water still covered the land. Noah reached out his hand and took the dove back into the ark with him.