2 And the fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the heavens was restrained.
3 And the waters receded from the earth gradually, and the waters abated at the end of one hundred and fifty days.
4 And the ark came to rest in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.
5 And the waters continued to recede to the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first of the month, the tops of the mountains appeared.
6 And it happened that at the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made.
7 And he sent out a raven; it went to and fro until the waters were dried up from upon the earth.
8 And he sent out a dove to see whether the waters had subsided from upon the ground.