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Genesis 8:9

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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.

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Genesis 8:9 in other translations

but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him to the ark; for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her in unto him into the ark.

Genesis 8:9 · American Standard Version

Genesis 8:9 in context

  1. 7and he sent out a raven. It went back and forth, until the waters were dried up from the earth.
  2. 8He himself sent out a dove to see if the waters were abated from the surface of the ground,
  3. 9but 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.
  4. 10He waited yet another seven days; and again he sent the dove out of the ship.
  5. 11The 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.