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Genesis 8:12

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8:12He 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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Footnotes

  1. 22 The word “again” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
  2. 23 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),” 18 (1906/07): 377–78.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then he waited another seven days and sent forth the dove, and she did not return to him anymore.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He waited seven more days and sent the dove out again, but this time it did not return to him.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

After he had waited another seven days, he sent out the dove, but it did not return to him again.

NLTNew Living Translation

He waited another seven days and then released the dove again. This time it did not come back.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he waited seven more days, and he sent out the dove. But it did not return again to him.

KJV 1900King James Version

And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.