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Genesis 8:12

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

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KJV King James Version

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

BSB Berean Standard Bible

And Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him.

WEB World English Bible

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

ASV American Standard Version

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

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

And he stayeth yet other seven days, and sendeth forth the dove, and it added not to turn back unto him any more.

Surrounding context — Genesis 8

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.

14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.

15 And God spake unto Noah, saying,

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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.Isaiah 25:9And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this [is] our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this [is] the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.Isaiah 30:18And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD [is] a God of judgment: blessed [are] all they that wait for him.Genesis 8:10And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;Isaiah 8:17And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.Psalm 27:14Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.Psalm 130:5-6I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.Genesis 2:2-3And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.James 5:7-8Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.Habakkuk 2:3For the vision [is] yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.