Genesis 8:12 “And Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this…”

Genesis 8:12

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Notwithstanding he wayted yet other seuen dayes, and sent forth the doue, which returned not againe vnto him any more.

Darby Translation

And he waited yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; but she returned no more to him.

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.

Bible in Basic English

And after seven days more, he sent the dove out again, but she did not come back to him.

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Cross references

“And he”

Isaiah 25:9 Isaiah 26:8 Isaiah 30:18 Psalm 27:14 Isaiah 8:17 Habakkuk 2:3

Isaiah 25:9 · BSB

And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”

Isaiah 26:8 · BSB

Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls.

Isaiah 30:18 · BSB

Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.

Psalm 27:14 · BSB

Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!

Isaiah 8:17 · BSB

I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.

Habakkuk 2:3 · BSB

For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.

“seven”

Genesis 8:10 Genesis 2:2 Genesis 2:3

Genesis 8:10 · BSB

Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.

Genesis 2:2 · BSB

And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.

Genesis 2:3 · BSB

Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11And behold, the dove returned to him in the evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.

13In Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.

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