1 神顾念挪亚和所有与他一同在方舟里的走兽和牲畜； 神使风吹过大地， 水就渐渐退了。 2 深渊的泉源和天上的窗户， 都关闭起来； 天降的大雨也止住了。 3 水从地上不断退去， 过了一百五十天， 水就消退了。 4 七月十七日， 方舟停在亚拉腊山上。 5 水继续消退， 直到十月； 到了十月初一， 山顶都露出来了。 6 过了四十天， 挪亚开了他所做的方舟的窗户， 7 放了一只乌鸦出去。地上的水还没有干， 那乌鸦就一直飞来飞去。 8 他又放了一只鸽子出去， 要看看水从地上退了没有。 9 因为遍地都是水， 那鸽子找不着歇脚的地方， 就回到挪亚的方舟那里； 于是， 挪亚伸出手去， 把鸽子接进方舟里来。 10 他再等了七天， 又把鸽子从方舟里放出去。 11 到了黄昏的时候， 鸽子回到挪亚那里， 嘴里叼着一块新摘下来的橄榄树叶， 挪亚就知道地上的水已经退了。 12 挪亚再等了七天， 又把鸽子放出去， 鸽子就再没有回到他那里。 13 到挪亚六百零一岁的时候， 就在正月初一， 地上的水都干了； 挪亚移开方舟的盖看看， 见地面已经干了。 14 到了二月二十七日， 大地就都干了。 15 神告诉挪亚说： 16 "你要从方舟出来， 你和你的妻子、儿子， 以及儿媳都要和你一同出来。 17 所有和你在一起有生命的活物： 飞鸟、牲畜和一切在地上爬行的动物， 你都要带出来， 使它们可以在地上滋生、繁殖， 也可以在地上增多。" 18 于是， 挪亚出来了， 他的儿子、妻子和儿媳都与他一同出来了； 19 各样走兽、牲畜、飞禽和各样在地上爬行的动物， 各从自己的族类， 都出了方舟。 20 挪亚给耶和华筑了一座祭坛， 拿各样洁净的牲畜和飞禽， 献在祭坛上作为燔祭。 21 耶和华闻了那馨香的气味， 就心里说： "我必不再因人的缘故咒诅这地（因为人从小时开始心中所想的都是邪恶的）； 我也必不再照着我作过的， 击杀各样的活物。 22 大地尚存之日， 播种、收割， 寒暑、冬夏、白昼和黑夜必然循环不息。"

1 And God remembereth Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle which [are] with him in the ark, and God causeth a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subside,2 and closed are the fountains of the deep and the net-work of the heavens, and restrained is the shower from the heavens.3 And turn back do the waters from off the earth, going on and returning; and the waters are lacking at the end of a hundred and fifty days.4 And the ark resteth, in the seventh month, in the seventeenth day of the month, on mountains of Ararat;5 and the waters have been going and becoming lacking till the tenth month; in the tenth [month], on the first of the month, appeared the heads of the mountains.6 And it cometh to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah openeth the window of the ark which he made,7 and he sendeth forth the raven, and it goeth out, going out and turning back till the drying of the waters from off the earth.8 And he sendeth forth the dove from him to see whether the waters have been lightened from off the face of the ground,9 and the dove hath not found rest for the sole of her foot, and she turneth back unto him, unto the ark, for waters [are] on the face of all the earth, and he putteth out his hand, and taketh her, and bringeth her in unto him, unto the ark.10 And he stayeth yet other seven days, and addeth to send forth the dove from the ark;11 and the dove cometh in unto him at even-time, and lo, an olive leaf torn off in her mouth; and Noah knoweth that the waters have been lightened from off the earth.12 And he stayeth yet other seven days, and sendeth forth the dove, and it added not to turn back unto him any more.13 And it cometh to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first [month], in the first of the month, the waters have been dried from off the earth; and Noah turneth aside the covering of the ark, and looketh, and lo, the face of the ground hath been dried.14 And in the second month, in the seven and twentieth day of the month, the earth hath become dry.15 And God speaketh unto Noah, saying, `Go out from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons` wives with thee;16 every living thing that [is] with thee, of all flesh, among fowl, and among cattle, and among every creeping thing which is creeping on the earth, bring out with thee;17 and they have teemed in the earth, and been fruitful, and have multiplied on the earth.`18 And Noah goeth out, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons` wives with him;19 every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl; every creeping thing on the earth, after their families, have gone out from the ark.20 And Noah buildeth an altar to Jehovah, and taketh of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and causeth burnt-offerings to ascend on the altar;21 and Jehovah smelleth the sweet fragrance, and Jehovah saith unto His heart, `I continue not to disesteem any more the ground because of man, though the imagination of the heart of man [is] evil from his youth; and I continue not to smite any more all living, as I have done;22 during all days of the earth, seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, do not cease.`