Genesis 8:12

8:12 He waited another seven days and sent the dove out again,22 but it did not return to him this time.23

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22	tn The word “again” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
23	tn Heb “it did not again return to him still.” For a study of this section of the flood narrative, see W. O. E. Oesterley, “The Dove with the Olive Leaf (Gen VIII 8–11),” ExpTim 18 (1906/07): 377–78.