King James Version (KJV)

Genesis 8:8

“Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;”

Verse in context — Genesis 8

6

And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:

7

And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

8

Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

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;

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