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Genesis 8:7
Noah sent out a raven, which went this way and that till the waters were gone from the earth.
Genesis 8:7 · Bible in Basic English
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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 on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
5 And still the waters went on falling, till on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains were seen.
6 Then, after forty days, through the open window of the ark which he had made,
7 Noah sent out a raven, which went this way and that till the waters were gone from the earth.
8 And he sent out a dove, to see if the waters had gone from the face of the earth;
9 But the dove saw no resting-place for her foot, and came back to the ark, for the waters were still over all the earth; and he put out his hand, and took her into the ark.
10 And after waiting another seven days, he sent the dove out again;
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