^8:11When²⁰ the dove returned to him in the evening, there was²¹ a freshly plucked olive leaf in its beak! Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.

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Genesis 8:11: And the dove came back to him in the evening, and behold, in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the earth.

Footnotes

20 The clause introduced by vav (ו) consecutive is translated as a temporal clause subordinated to the following clause.
21 The deictic particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) draws attention to the olive leaf. It invites readers to enter into the story, as it were, and look at the olive leaf with their own eyes.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And the dove came back to him in the evening, and behold, in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the earth.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When the dove returned to him in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When the dove came to him at evening, there was a plucked olive leaf in its beak. So Noah knew that the water on the earth’s surface had gone down.

NLTNew Living Translation

This time the dove returned to him in the evening with a fresh olive leaf in its beak. Then Noah knew that the floodwaters were almost gone.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And the dove came to him in the evening, and behold, a freshly-picked olive tree leaf was in her mouth. And Noah knew that the waters had subsided from upon the earth.

KJV 1900King James Version

And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

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