6 And it happened, at the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.

7 And he sent forth a raven, and it went out, going out and returning until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

8 He also sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters had gone down from off the face of the earth.

9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot. And she returned to him into the ark, for the waters [were] on the face of the whole earth. Then he put out his hand and took her, and pulled her in to him into the ark.

10 And he waited yet another seven days. And again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.

11 And the dove came in to him in the evening. And, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off. So Noah knew that the waters had gone down from off the earth.

12 And he waited yet another seven days, and sent forth the dove. And she did not return again to him any more.