KJV King James Version
And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
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Genesis 8:10
And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.
WEB World English Bible
He stayed yet another seven days; and again he sent the dove out of the ship.
ASV American Standard Version
And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he stayeth yet other seven days, and addeth to send forth the dove from the ark;
Surrounding context — Genesis 8
7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters [were] on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
11 And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth [was] an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first [month], the first [day] of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיָּ֣חֶלH2342 · chulto twist: trembleע֔וֹדH5750 · odstillשִׁבְעַ֥תH7651 · she.vasevenיָמִ֖יםH3117 · yomdayאֲחֵרִ֑יםH312 · a.cheranotherוַיֹּ֛סֶףH3254 · ya.saphto add: againשַׁלַּ֥חH7971 · sha.lachto send: departאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַיּוֹנָ֖הH3123 · yo.nahdoveמִן־H4480 · minfromהַתֵּבָֽה׃H8392 · te.vahark
Cross-references
Genesis 7:4For 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.Isaiah 8:17And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.Genesis 8:12And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.Isaiah 26:8Yea, 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.Psalm 40:1To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.Genesis 7:10And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.Romans 8:25But if we hope for that we see not, [then] do we with patience wait for [it].
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