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8But God remembered^(A) Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth,^(B) and the waters receded. ²Now the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens^(C) had been closed, and the rain^(D) had stopped falling from the sky. ³The water receded steadily from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days^(E) the water had gone down, ⁴and on the seventeenth day of the seventh month^(F) the ark came to rest on the mountains^(G) of Ararat.^(H) ⁵The waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.

⁶After forty days^(I) Noah opened a window he had made in the ark ⁷and sent out a raven,^(J) and it kept flying back and forth until the water had dried up from the earth.^(K) ⁸Then he sent out a dove^(L) to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground. ⁹But the dove could find nowhere to perch because there was water over all the surface of the earth; so it returned to Noah in the ark. He reached out his hand and took the dove and brought it back to himself in the ark. ¹⁰He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark. ¹¹When the dove returned to him in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth.^(M) ¹²He waited seven more days and sent the dove out again, but this time it did not return to him.

¹³By the first day of the first month of Noah’s six hundred and first year,^(N) the water had dried up from the earth. Noah then removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry. ¹⁴By the twenty-seventh day of the second month^(O) the earth was completely dry.

¹⁵Then God said to Noah, ¹⁶“Come out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives.^(P) ¹⁷Bring out every kind of living creature that is with you—the birds, the animals, and all the creatures that move along the ground—so they can multiply on the earth and be fruitful and increase in number on it.”^(Q)

¹⁸So Noah came out, together with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives.^(R) ¹⁹All the animals and all the creatures that move along the ground and all the birds—everything that moves on land—came out of the ark, one kind after another.

²⁰Then Noah built an altar to the Lord^(S) and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean^(T) birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings^(U) on it. ²¹The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma^(V) and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground^(W) because of humans, even though^[a] every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood.^(X) And never again will I destroy^(Y) all living creatures,^(Z) as I have done.

²²“As long as the earth endures,
seedtime and harvest,^(AA)
cold and heat,
summer and winter,^(AB)
day and night
will never cease.”^(AC)

Footnotes

Genesis 8:21 Or humans, for

Cross references

Genesis 8:1 : Ge 9:15; 19:29; 21:1; 30:22; Ex 2:24; Nu 10:9; Ru 4:13; 1Sa 1:11, 19; 2Ki 20:3; 1Ch 16:15; Ne 1:8; 5:19; 13:14, 22, 31; Job 14:13; Ps 105:42; 106:4; Lk 1:54, 72
Genesis 8:1 : Ex 14:21; Jos 2:10; 3:16; Job 12:15; Ps 66:6; Isa 11:15; 44:27; Na 1:4
Genesis 8:2 : S Ge 7:11
Genesis 8:2 : S Ge 7:4
Genesis 8:3 : S Ge 7:24
Genesis 8:4 : S Ge 7:11
Genesis 8:4 : Ge 7:20
Genesis 8:4 : 2Ki 19:37; Jer 51:27
Genesis 8:6 : Ge 7:12
Genesis 8:7 : Lev 11:15; Dt 14:14; 1Ki 17:4, 6; Job 38:41; Ps 147:9; Pr 30:17; Isa 34:11; Lk 12:24
Genesis 8:7 : ver 11
Genesis 8:8 : Job 30:31; Ps 55:6; 74:19; SS 2:12, 14; Isa 38:14; 59:11; 60:8; Jer 48:28; Eze 7:16; Hos 7:11; 11:11; Na 2:7; Mt 3:16; 10:16; Jn 1:32
Genesis 8:11 : ver 7
Genesis 8:13 : S Ge 5:32
Genesis 8:14 : S Ge 7:11
Genesis 8:16 : S Ge 7:13
Genesis 8:17 : S Ge 1:22
Genesis 8:18 : 1Pe 3:20; 2Pe 2:5
Genesis 8:20 : Ge 12:7-8; 13:18; 22:9; 26:25; 33:20; 35:7; Ex 17:15; 24:4
Genesis 8:20 : S Ge 7:8
Genesis 8:20 : Ge 22:2, 13; Ex 10:25; 20:24; 40:29; Lev 1:3; 4:29; 6:8-13; Nu 6:11; Jdg 6:26; 11:31; 1Sa 20:29; Job 1:5; 42:8
Genesis 8:21 : Ex 29:18, 25; Lev 1:9, 13; 2:9; 4:31; Nu 15:3, 7; 2Co 2:15
Genesis 8:21 : S Ge 3:17
Genesis 8:21 : Ge 6:5; Ps 51:5; Jer 17:9; Mt 15:19; Ro 1:21
Genesis 8:21 : Jer 44:11
Genesis 8:21 : Ge 9:11, 15; Isa 54:9
Genesis 8:22 : Jos 3:15; Ps 67:6; Jer 5:24
Genesis 8:22 : Ps 74:17; Zec 14:8
Genesis 8:22 : S Ge 1:14

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What is the main point of Genesis Chapter 8? ›

Chapter Context

After the devastation and destruction are over, God begins to dry out the earth in Genesis 8. The waters recede, Noah and the animals finally leave after a year aboard, and Noah offers animal sacrifices in worship to God. God commits to never again strike down all life on earth at once.

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What verses are missing from the new international version of the Bible? ›

What Are the Missing Verses in the NIV translation?

Mathew 23:14, Matthew 17:21, Matthew 18:11.
Mark 7:16, Mark 9:44, Mark 9:46, Mark 11:26, Mark 15:28.
Luke 17:36.
John 5:4.
Acts 8:37, Acts 15:34, Acts 24:7, Acts 28:29.
Romans 16:24.

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What does new international version mean in the Bible? ›

The New International Version (NIV) is a translation of the Bible into contemporary English. Published by Biblica, the complete NIV was released in 1978 with a minor revision in 1984 and a major revision in 2011. The NIV relies on recently-published critical editions of the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts.

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What is Genesis 8-22? ›

Genesis 8:22 in Other Translations

22 For as long as Earth lasts, planting and harvest, cold and heat, Summer and winter, day and night will never stop." 22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

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What is the moral lesson of Genesis 8? ›

Introduction: Genesis chapter 8 tells of God's restoration of Noah's family and his world after God unleashed the Flood. God was faithful to restore humanity after He removed the evil that had overcome it. Christ also seeks to restore you and give you new life when you have faith in Him.

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What does God remembered mean in Genesis 8? ›

“But God remembered Noah...” Genesis 8:1. When it seems like things couldn't get worse and God has forgotten his promise to Noah, the author reminds us that God remembers. This assurance is the precise moment when everything changes. The winds begin blowing, and God sends his ruakh over the waters.

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How accurate is the new international version of the Bible? ›

The new NIV retains 95% of the words of the 1984 edition, but where there are changes, it communicates the original meaning better to modern readers and more accurately than before.

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Do Catholics accept the new international version of the Bible? ›

The major obstacle for the NIV's approval by the Catholic Church is that it does not contain all the books defined as canonical by the Council of Trent. The absence of these books (called the Deuterocanon) means that the NIV can never be considered a complete Catholic Bible.

Who uses the new international version Bible? ›

Dozens of evangelical denominations, churches, and seminaries embraced the NIV as their official Bible translation for preaching, study, public reading, and personal use. Forty-five years later, the NIV remains the most frequently used translation in churches across the US.

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What does Genesis 8 verse 21 mean? ›

God commits to never again curse the earth in the way He did with the flood, and never to strike down all life on earth. As long as the earth remains, the cycles of nature will continue as God had designed them. Chapter Context. Even as all other life was being destroyed, God didn't forget Noah and the animals.

What does Genesis 8-22 reveal about Gods' character? ›

After the previous verse revealed God's commitment to never again curse the earth as He had through the flood or to wipe out humanity and animal-kind in that way, this verse completes God's promise.

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What does Genesis 8:20 mean? ›

Genesis 8:20–22 describes Noah's first recorded act after leaving the ark. He builds an altar to God and offers clean animals as a sacrifice. Using a common metaphor, Scripture says God smells the aroma and is pleased.

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What was the promise of Genesis 8? ›

I will never again destroy all living things. KJV And the Lord smelled a sweet savor; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

What is the significance of the dove in Genesis 8? ›

Instead, it is the precursor to God's message to Noah that it is finally safe to reenter the world. The dove is a divine harbinger of peace and good news: a symbol of a new stage of life.

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What can we learn from Genesis 8 and 9? ›

Bible Study Ideas and Commentary for Genesis 8-9

Just like to Noah's family, God offers salvation and a fresh start to everyone who repents of his sin and chooses to trust and obey Him. We should respond to this grace by humbly worshiping God, offering Him what is important to us.

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Why did Noah send out a raven? ›

26 Thus, in a diVerent and yet related way, Noah sends out the raven so that he is not just the passive recipient of, but also an active participant in, the work of God, symbolically replicating God's action through the spirit, and so appropriating it within the created realm.