The First Book of Moses: Genesis

⭑ Douay-Rheims :: World English Bible Catholic ⭑

- Chapter 8 -

And God remembered Noe, and all the living creatures, and all the cattle which were with him in the ark, and brought a wind upon the earth, and the waters were abated.

The fountains also of the deep, and the flood gates of heaven were shut up, and the rain from heaven was restrained.

And the waters returned from off the earth going and coming: and they began to be abated after a hundred and fifty days.

And the ark rested in the seventh month, the seven and twentieth day of the month, upon the mountains of Armenia.

And the waters were going and decreasing until the tenth month: for in the tenth month, the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains appeared.

Noah Sends a Raven and a Dove

And after that forty days were passed, Noe, opening the window of the ark which he had made, sent forth a raven:

Which went forth and did not return, till the waters were dried up upon the earth.

He sent forth also a dove after him, to see if the waters had now ceased upon the face of the earth.

But she, not finding where her foot might rest, returned to him into the ark: for the waters were upon the whole earth: and he put forth his hand, and caught her, and brought her into the ark.

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

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.

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

Exiting the Ark

Therefore in the six hundredth and first year, the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were lessened upon the earth, and Noe opening the covering of the ark, looked, and saw that the face of the earth was dried.

In the second month, the seven and twentieth day of the month, the earth was dried.

And God spoke to Noe, saying:

Go out of the ark, thou and thy wife, thy sons, and the wives of thy sons with thee.

All living things that are with thee of all flesh, as well in fowls as in beasts, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, bring out with thee, and go ye upon the earth: increase and multiply upon it.

So Noe went out, he and his sons: his wife, and the wives of his sons with him.

And all living things, and cattle, and creeping things that creep upon the earth, according to their kinds, went out of the ark.

Noah Builds an Altar

And Noe built an altar unto the Lord: and taking of all cattle and fowls that were clean, offered holocausts upon the altar.

And the Lord smelled a sweet savour, and said: I will no more curse the earth for the sake of man: for the imagination and thought of man’s heart are prone to evil from his youth: therefore I will no more destroy every living soul as I have done.

All the days of the earth, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, night and day, shall not cease.

God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the livestock that were with him in the ship; and God made a wind to pass over the earth. The waters subsided.

The deep’s fountains and the sky’s windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

The waters continually receded from the earth. After the end of one hundred fifty days the waters receded.

The ship rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on Ararat’s mountains.

The waters receded continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were visible.

Noah Sends a Raven and a Dove

At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the ship which he had made,

and he sent out a raven. It went back and forth, until the waters were dried up from the earth.

He himself sent out a dove to see if the waters were abated from the surface of the ground,

but the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned into the ship to him, for the waters were on the surface of the whole earth. He put out his hand, and took her, and brought her to him into the ship.

He waited yet another seven days; and again he sent the dove out of the ship.

The dove came back to him at evening and, behold, in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters were abated from the earth.

He waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; and she didn’t return to him any more.

Exiting the Ark

In the six hundred first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from the earth. Noah removed the covering of the ship, and looked. He saw that the surface of the ground was dry.

In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.

God spoke to Noah, saying,

“Go out of the ship, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons’ wives with you.

Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, including birds, livestock, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth.”

Noah went out, with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives with him.

Every animal, every creeping thing, and every bird, whatever moves on the earth, after their families, went out of the ship.

Noah Builds an Altar

Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

The LORD smelled the pleasant aroma. The LORD said in his heart, “I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake because the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth. I will never again strike every living thing, as I have done.

While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night will not cease.”