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Genesis 8:11

Noah
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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.

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

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.

13 In Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.

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BSB
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.
KJV
And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
WEB
The dove came back to him at evening and, behold, in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters were abated from the earth.
ASV
and the dove came in to him at eventide; and, lo, in her mouth an olive-leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
DARBY
And the dove came to him at eventide; and behold, in her beak was an olive-leaf plucked off; and Noah knew that the waters had become low on the earth.
BLB
And the dove came [back] to him in the evening, and behold, a freshly plucked olive leaf [was] in her mouth. And Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.
ÅB
Og duen kom til ham ved aftenstid, og se, den hadde et friskt oljeblad i nebbet; da skjønte Noah at vannet var sunket bort fra jorden.
OTB
Duen vendte tilbake til ham om kvelden, og der i nebbet hadde den et nyplukket oljeblad. Så Noah visste at vannet hadde trukket seg tilbake fra jorden.
B1930
Og duen kom til ham ved aftenstid, og se, den hadde et friskt oljeblad i nebbet; da skjønte Noah at vannet var sunket bort fra jorden.

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  • Nehemiah 8:15

    So they proclaimed this message and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hill country and bring back branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.”

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  • Romans 10:15

    And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”

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  • Zechariah 4:12–14

    And I questioned him further, “What are the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the golden oil pours?”

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