7Noah sent out a raven, which went this way and that till the waters were gone from the earth.
8And he sent out a dove, to see if the waters had gone from the face of the earth;
9But the dove saw no resting-place for her foot, and came back to the ark, for the waters were still over all the earth; and he put out his hand, and took her into the ark.
10And after waiting another seven days, he sent the dove out again;
11And the dove came back at evening, and in her mouth was an olive-leaf broken off: so Noah was certain that the waters had gone down on the earth.
12And after seven days more, he sent the dove out again, but she did not come back to him.
13And in the six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters were dry on the earth: and Noah took the cover off the ark and saw that the face of the earth was dry.
