1And God remembered Noah , and all the beasts , and all the cattle that were with him in the ark : and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged; 2the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped , and the rain from heaven was restrained ; 3and the waters returned from off the earth continually : and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased . 4And the ark rested in the seventh month , on the seventeenth day of the month , upon the mountains of Ararat. 5And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month : in the tenth month , on the first day of the month , were the tops of the mountains seen .
Noah's First Actions
6And it came to pass at the end of forty days , that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made : 7and he sent forth a raven , and it went forth to and fro , until the waters were dried up from off the earth. 8And he sent forth a dove from him , to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground ; 9but 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 . 10And he stayed yet other seven days ; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark ; 11and the dove came in to him at eventide ; and , lo , in her mouth an olive-leaf plucked off : so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. 12And he stayed yet other seven days , and sent forth the dove ; and she returned not again unto him any more .
God's Covenant with Noah
13And it came to pass in the six hundred 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 dried . 14And in the second month , on the seven and twentieth day of the month , was the earth dry . 15And God spake unto Noah , saying , 16Go forth from the ark , thou, and thy wife, and thy sons , and thy sons ’ wives with thee. 17Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh , both birds , and cattle, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful , and multiply upon the earth.
Noah's Sacrifice and God's Promise
18And Noah went forth , and his sons , and his wife, and his sons ’ wives with him : 19every beast , every creeping thing , and every bird , whatsoever moveth upon the earth, after their families , went forth out of the ark . 20And Noah builded an altar unto Jehovah , and took of every clean beast, and of every clean bird , and offered burnt-offerings on the altar . 21And Jehovah smelled the sweet savor; and Jehovah said in his heart , I will not again curse the ground any more for man ’s sake , for that the imagination of man ’s heart is evil from his youth ; neither will I again smite any more everything living , as I have done . 22While the earth remaineth , seedtime and harvest , and cold and heat , and summer and winter , and day and night shall not cease .