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Genesis 8:10

Waiting on GodPatience

8 Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.

9 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.

Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.

11 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.

12 And Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him.

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BSB
Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.
KJV
And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
WEB
He waited yet another seven days; and again he sent the dove out of the ship.
ASV
And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
DARBY
And he waited yet other seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.
BLB
And he waited yet another seven days, and he again sent forth the dove from the ark.
ÅB
Så bidde han enda syv dager til og sendte så nok en gang duen ut av arken.
OTB
Han ventet ytterligere syv dager og sendte duen ut fra arken igjen.
B1930
Så bidde han ennu syv dager til og sendte så atter duen ut av arken.

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