6 Then at the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made,
7 and he sent forth a raven, which went to and fro until the waters were dried up on the earth.
8 Then he sent out a dove to see if the waters had subsided from the face of the ground.
9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, so she returned to him into the ark, for the waters were on the surface of all the earth. Then he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her into the ark to himself.
10 He waited yet another seven days, and again he sent out the dove from the ark.
11 The dove came to him in the evening, and in her mouth there was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.
12 He waited another seven days and sent out the dove again, but it did not return to him again.