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and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And he waited yet another seven days, and again he sent the dove out from the ark.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So he waited another seven days longer; and again he sent out the dove from the ark.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent out the dove from the ark.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent out the dove from the ark.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent out the dove from the ark.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />He waited another seven days and again sent the dove out from the ark.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove from the ark again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove from the ark again. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Seven days later Noah sent the dove out again. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He waited seven more days and again sent the dove out of the ship.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He waited another seven days and sent out the dove again. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Noah waited another seven days and sent the dove out from the ark again. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He waited seven more days and then sent out the dove again from the ark.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />And he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the vessel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he stayed yet other seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He waited yet another seven days; and again he sent the dove out of the ship. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And he stays yet seven more days, and adds to send forth the dove from the Ark;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And he stayeth yet other seven days, and addeth to send forth the dove from the ark;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he will wait yet again other seven days, and he will add to send forth the dove from the ark.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove out of the ark. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And then, having waited a further seven days, he again sent forth the dove out of the ark.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He waited yet seven days more and again released the dove from the ark.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He waited another seven days, and again he sent out the dove from the ark;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he waited again seven more days, and he returned and he sent the dove from the ark;<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove from the ark.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/8-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=1722" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/8.htm">Noah Sends a Raven and a Dove</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>But the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2342.htm" title="2342: way·yā·ḥel (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- Or chiyl; a primitive root; properly, to twist or whirl, i.e. to dance, to writhe in pain or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert.">Noah waited</a> <a href="/hebrew/5750.htm" title="5750: ‘ō·wḏ (Adv) -- Or rod; from uwd; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially, again, repeatedly, still, more."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: šiḇ·‘aṯ (Number-msc) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number.">seven</a> <a href="/hebrew/312.htm" title="312: ’ă·ḥê·rîm (Adj-mp) -- Another. From 'achar; properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.">more</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yā·mîm (N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">days</a> <a href="/hebrew/3254.htm" title="3254: way·yō·sep̄ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To add. A primitive root; to add or augment.">and again</a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: šal·laḥ (V-Piel-Inf) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">sent out</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3123.htm" title="3123: hay·yō·w·nāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Dove. Probably from the same as yayin; a dove.">the dove</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/8392.htm" title="8392: hat·tê·ḇāh (Art:: N-fs) -- A box, chest. Perhaps of foreign derivation; a box.">the ark.</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>And 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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/7-4.htm">Genesis 7:4</a></span><br />For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/6-17.htm">Genesis 6:17-18</a></span><br />And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish. / But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/9-11.htm">Genesis 9:11</a></span><br />And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/7-10.htm">Genesis 7:10</a></span><br />And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/7-24.htm">Genesis 7:24</a></span><br />And the waters prevailed upon the earth for 150 days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/9-15.htm">Genesis 9:15</a></span><br />I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/6-14.htm">Genesis 6:14</a></span><br />Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/9-1.htm">Genesis 9:1</a></span><br />And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/7-16.htm">Genesis 7:16</a></span><br />And they entered, the male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/9-8.htm">Genesis 9:8-10</a></span><br />Then God said to Noah and his sons with him, / “Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you, / and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth—every living thing that came out of the ark.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-37.htm">Matthew 24:37-39</a></span><br />As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. / For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. / And they were oblivious until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-7.htm">Hebrews 11:7</a></span><br />By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/3-20.htm">1 Peter 3:20</a></span><br />who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/17-26.htm">Luke 17:26-27</a></span><br />Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man: / People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-5.htm">2 Peter 2:5</a></span><br />if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;</p><p class="hdg">stayed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/40-1.htm">Psalm 40:1</a></b></br> To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/8-17.htm">Isaiah 8:17</a></b></br> And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/26-8.htm">Isaiah 26:8</a></b></br> Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of <i>our</i> soul <i>is</i> to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.</p><p class="hdg">seven.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/8-12.htm">Genesis 8:12</a></b></br> And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/7-4.htm">Genesis 7:4,10</a></b></br> For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/4-2.htm">Addeth</a> <a href="/genesis/8-9.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/genesis/8-9.htm">Dove</a> <a href="/genesis/8-9.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/genesis/7-10.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/genesis/8-9.htm">Ship</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-23.htm">Stayeth</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-20.htm">Waited</a> <a href="/genesis/4-7.htm">Waiting</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/18-29.htm">Addeth</a> <a href="/genesis/8-13.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/genesis/8-11.htm">Dove</a> <a href="/genesis/8-12.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/genesis/8-12.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/genesis/8-13.htm">Ship</a> <a href="/genesis/8-12.htm">Stayeth</a> <a href="/genesis/8-12.htm">Waited</a> <a href="/genesis/18-8.htm">Waiting</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 8</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/8-1.htm">God remembers Noah and calms the waters.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/8-4.htm">The ark rests on Ararat.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/8-6.htm">Noah sends forth a raven and then a dove.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/8-13.htm">Noah, being commanded, goes forth from the ark.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/8-20.htm">He builds an altar, and offers sacrifices,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/8-21.htm">which God accepts, and promises to curse the earth no more.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/8.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/8.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Noah waited seven more days</b><br>The number seven is significant throughout the Bible, often symbolizing completion or perfection, as seen in the creation week (Genesis 1). Noah's waiting period reflects patience and trust in God's timing. This period of waiting can be seen as a test of faith, similar to other biblical figures who waited on God's promises, such as Abraham and Sarah. The seven-day cycle also mirrors the Sabbath, emphasizing rest and reliance on God.<p><b>and again sent out the dove</b><br>The dove is a symbol of peace and the Holy Spirit. In this context, it represents hope and the search for new life after the flood. The act of sending out the dove again shows Noah's diligence and desire for confirmation of dry land. This mirrors the sending of the Holy Spirit in the New Testament, who brings peace and guidance to believers (<a href="/john/14-26.htm">John 14:26</a>).<p><b>from the ark</b><br>The ark is a type of Christ, providing salvation and refuge from judgment. Just as Noah and his family were saved through the ark, believers are saved through Jesus Christ. The ark's resting on Mount Ararat signifies a new beginning, paralleling the resurrection of Christ and the new life offered to believers. The ark's construction and journey also reflect God's provision and protection during times of trial.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/n/noah.htm">Noah</a></b><br>A righteous man chosen by God to survive the flood and repopulate the earth. He demonstrates patience and obedience in waiting for God's timing.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_dove.htm">The Dove</a></b><br>A symbol of peace and the Holy Spirit, the dove is sent out by Noah to find dry land, indicating the receding of the floodwaters.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_ark.htm">The Ark</a></b><br>The vessel built by Noah under God's instructions to save his family and pairs of every living creature from the flood.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_flood.htm">The Flood</a></b><br>A divine judgment upon the earth due to widespread wickedness, resulting in the destruction of all life except those preserved in the ark.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/seven_days.htm">Seven Days</a></b><br>A period of waiting that signifies completion and perfection in biblical numerology, reflecting Noah's faith and patience.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/p/patience_in_god's_timing.htm">Patience in God's Timing</a></b><br>Noah's waiting period teaches us the importance of trusting in God's perfect timing rather than rushing ahead with our plans.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_the_dove.htm">Symbolism of the Dove</a></b><br>The dove represents peace and the Holy Spirit, reminding us to seek God's presence and guidance in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_action.htm">Faith in Action</a></b><br>Noah's actions demonstrate faith through obedience, encouraging us to act on God's instructions even when the outcome is uncertain.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_new_beginnings.htm">Hope in New Beginnings</a></b><br>The sending of the dove signifies hope and renewal, encouraging us to look for God's new beginnings in our lives after periods of trial.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/completion_and_perfection.htm">Completion and Perfection</a></b><br>The use of "seven days" highlights the biblical theme of completion, urging us to trust in God's perfect plan for our lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 8</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_do_birds_symbolize_in_noah's_story.htm">What do the birds symbolize in Noah's flood story?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_sola_and_solo_scriptura_differ.htm">What was the duration of Noah's time on the ark?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_ravens_doves_survive_in_the_flood.htm">In Genesis 8:7-9, how do ravens and doves survive and find food and rest if the land was still mostly flooded?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/noah's_sons__shem,_ham,_japheth.htm">Who are Noah's sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10-12) <span class= "bld">Again he sent forth the dove . . . --</span>When, after another week's delay, Noah again sent forth the dove, it remained away until "the time of evening," finding both food and ground on which it could alight near the ark. It was not till nightfall that it came home, bringing to him "an olive leaf pluckt off," or, possibly, <span class= "ital">a fresh olive-leaf. </span>The olive-tree, which grows abundantly in Armenia, is said to vegetate under water; but what Noah wanted to learn was, not whether the topmost boughs were emerging from the flood, but whether the soil beneath was becoming free from water. Now, after a seven days' interval, when Noah again sent forth the dove, she did not return, "because the ground was dry." It is thus plain that the olive-tree had had plenty of time on some of the higher lands, while the flood was subsiding, to put forth new leaves. From this event the olive-leaf, thus sent by the regenerated earth to Noah in proof that she was ready to yield herself to him, has been ever since, among all mankind, the symbol of peace.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And he stayed.</span> <span class="hebrew">וַיָחֶל</span>, fut. apoc., Hif. of <span class="hebrew">חוּל</span>, to turn, to twist, to be afraid, to tremble, to wait (Furst); fut. apoc. Kal (Gesenius). <span class="cmt_word">Yet other seven days</span>. <span class="hebrew">עוד</span>, prop. the inf. absol, of the verb <span class="hebrew">עוּט</span>, to go over again, to repeat; hence, as an adverb, conveying the idea of doing over again the action expressed in the verb (cf. <a href="/genesis/46-29.htm">Genesis 46:29</a>; <a href="/psalms/84-5.htm">Psalm 84:5</a>). <span class="cmt_word">And again he sent forth</span> - literally, he added <span class="accented">to send</span> (cf. vers. 12, 21) - <span class="cmt_word">the dove out of the ark</span>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/8-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">[Noah] waited</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּ֣חֶל</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·ḥel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2342.htm">Strong's 2342: </a> </span><span class="str2">To twist, whirl, to dance, to writhe in pain, fear, to wait, to pervert</span><br /><br /><span class="word">seven</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁבְעַ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(šiḇ·‘aṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number</span><br /><br /><span class="word">more</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲחֵרִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḥê·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_312.htm">Strong's 312: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hinder, next, other</span><br /><br /><span class="word">days</span><br /><span class="heb">יָמִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(yā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and again</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֛סֶף</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·sep̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3254.htm">Strong's 3254: </a> </span><span class="str2">To add, augment</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sent out</span><br /><span class="heb">שַׁלַּ֥ח</span> <span class="translit">(šal·laḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the dove</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיּוֹנָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(hay·yō·w·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3123.htm">Strong's 3123: </a> </span><span class="str2">A dove</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from</span><br /><span class="heb">מִן־</span> <span class="translit">(min-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the ark.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַתֵּבָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(hat·tê·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8392.htm">Strong's 8392: </a> </span><span class="str2">A box, chest</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/8-10.htm">Genesis 8:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/8-10.htm">Genesis 8:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/8-10.htm">Genesis 8:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/8-10.htm">Genesis 8:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/8-10.htm">Genesis 8:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/8-10.htm">Genesis 8:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/8-10.htm">Genesis 8:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/8-10.htm">Genesis 8:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/8-10.htm">Genesis 8:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/8-10.htm">Genesis 8:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/8-10.htm">OT Law: Genesis 8:10 He stayed yet another seven days (Gen. 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