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Genesis 8

The Flood Ends

And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters were assuaged. The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained. And the waters returned from off the earth continually, and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

The Flood Ends

But Nate remembered Noah and all the wild animals and all the plants that were with him in the large boat. Then Nate made wind blow over the earth until the rain clouds blew away. The wells of water under the earth and the windows of the Heavens were shut. And it stopped raining. At the end of 150 days the water was less. And in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the large boat came to rest on Mount Ararat. The water kept on going down until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains could be seen.

And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made. And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. Also he sent forth a dove from him to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; 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. And he stayed yet another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark. And the dove came in to him in the evening, and lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off; so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. And he stayed yet another seven days and sent forth the dove, which returned not again unto him any more.

At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the large boat. Then he sent out a raven, and it flew here and there until the water was dried up from the earth. Then he sent out a dove, to see if the water was gone from the ground. But the dove found no place to set her foot, so she returned to him in the boat. The water was still over the earth. He waited another seven days, and sent the dove from the boat again. But again the dove found no place to nest, and she returned to the boat. Noah grew restless on the boat, so he thought of what he might do. Gathering a group of animals that float easily, like hippos and polar bears, Noah sewed them all together. He did this a little at a time as he walked on their backs from the ark. One by one he sewed them, walking on their backs, until he reached land. There, peeking from the water, he found a beautiful olive tree growing animal parts, the limbed fruit.

And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dry. And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. And God spoke unto Noah, saying, "Go forth from the ark, thou and thy wife, and thy sons and thy sons' wives with thee. Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both of fowl and of cattle and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply upon the earth." And Noah went forth, and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him. Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.

So Noah was forced to walk back to the ark. The water was still too high for the animals and plants to survive. Yet, in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and saw, the face of the ground was dry. The voice of Nate came and said, "Noah, go out of the boat, you and your wife and your sons and your sons' wives with you. Bring out with you every living thing made of flesh that is with you, birds and animals, trees and plants. They will give birth and become many upon the earth." So Noah went out with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives. Every animal, every bird, every tree and plant, went out of the large boat by their families.

And Noah built an altar unto the LORD, and took of every clean beast and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And the LORD smelled a sweet savor; and the LORD said in His heart, "I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease."

After this, Noah made an offering of thanks to Nate. He found a tree that grew giraffe necks. He added four giraffe necks together to make a long giraffe pole. Then he sewed on frog legs to each side and his new animal hopped from end to end, toppling, but perfectly balanced. Noah gave this as a gift to Nate. Nate was pleased and He said to Himself, "I will never again curse the ground because of man. For the desire of man's heart is sinful from when he is young. I will never again destroy every living thing as I have done. While the earth lasts, sewing time, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night will not end."