1 But God had Noah in mind, and all the wild animals and all the cattle that were with him in the ark. God sent a wind across the earth and the waters began to subside.
2 The springs of the deep and the sluices of heaven were stopped up and the heavy rain from heaven was held back.
3 Little by little, the waters ebbed from the earth. After a hundred and fifty days the waters fell,
4 and in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
5 The waters gradually fell until the tenth month when, on the first day of the tenth month, the mountain tops appeared.
6 At the end of forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark
7 and released a raven, which flew back and forth as it waited for the waters to dry up on earth.
8 He then released a dove, to see whether the waters were receding from the surface of the earth.
9 But the dove, finding nowhere to perch, returned to him in the ark, for there was water over the whole surface of the earth; putting out his hand he took hold of it and brought it back into the ark with him.
10 After waiting seven more days, he again released the dove from the ark.
11 In the evening, the dove came back to him and there in its beak was a freshly-picked olive leaf! So Noah realised that the waters were receding from the earth.
12 After waiting seven more days, he released the dove, and now it returned to him no more.
13 It was in the six hundred and first year of Noah's life, in the first month and on the first of the month, that the waters began drying out on earth. Noah lifted back the hatch of the ark and looked out. The surface of the ground was dry!
14 In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
15 Then God said to Noah,
16 'Come out of the ark, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons' wives with you.
17 Bring out all the animals with you, all living things, the birds, the cattle and all the creeping things that creep along the ground, for them to swarm on earth, for them to breed and multiply on earth.'
18 So Noah came out with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives.
19 And all the wild animals, all the cattle, all the birds and all the creeping things that creep along the ground, came out of the ark, one species after another.
20 Then Noah built an altar to Yahweh and, choosing from all the clean animals and all the clean birds he presented burnt offerings on the altar.
21 Yahweh smelt the pleasing smell and said to himself, 'Never again will I curse the earth because of human beings, because their heart contrives evil from their infancy. Never again will I strike down every living thing as I have done.
22 As long as earth endures: seed-time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.'
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Chapter 8 of Genesis deals with the end of the flood and the departure of Noah and his family from the ark. It is described as the waters gradually lowered and finally the ark rested over Mount Ararate. Noah sent a crow and a dove to verify the existence of dry earth. When the dove returned with an olive sheet, Noah knew that the waters had dried. At the end of the chapter, Noah builds an altar and offers sacrifices to God.
Psalm 29:10 - "The Lord has settled sovereign over the flood; the Lord remains sovereign forever." This verse highlights God's sovereignty, showing that he is responsible for the flood and controls all creation.
Isaiah 54:9 - "To me this will be as in Noah's days: I swore that Noah waters would no longer cover the earth; so I swore that I will no longer go against you anymore, nor will I rebuke you." This verse refers to God's promise not to destroy the earth again with a flood, as He did in Noah's days.
Hebrews 11:7 - "By faith noah, when warned about things that were not yet seen, moved by holy fear, built an ark to save his family. Through faith he condemned the world and became heir to justice which is according to faith. " This verse highlights Noah's faith in God and his obedience to build the ark, which saved him and his family from the flood.
Matthew 24:37-39-"As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of man. For in the days before the flood, the people lived eating and drinking, marrying and giving themselves to marriage, until the The day Noah entered the ark; and they realized nothing, until the flood came and took them to all. So it will be at the coming of the Son of man. " This verse makes a comparison between Noah's days and what will happen before the return of Jesus Christ, showing the importance of vigilance and spiritual preparation.
1 Peter 3:20-21 - "... that in another time they were rebellious, when God's patience expected in Noah's days, while preparing the ark; in which few, namely eight souls, were saved through the water that also now, by the corresponding figure, baptism saves you, not being the removal of the dirt from the body, but the answer of good conscience to God through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. " This verse makes a connection between Noah's salvation through the flood and the salvation of Christians through baptism, highlighting the importance of good conscience and faith in Jesus Christ.
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