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Genesis 8:7
and he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
Genesis 8:7 · American Standard Version
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Genesis 8:7 in other translations
And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
and sent out a raven. It kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.
and he sent out a raven. It went back and forth, until the waters were dried up from the earth.
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In context
4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
5 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.
6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
7 and he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
8 And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
9 but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him to the ark; for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her in unto him into the ark.
10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
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