1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged; 2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; 3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. 5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: 7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. 8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; 9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. 10 And he stayed yet other 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 pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. 12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. 14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
15 And God spake unto Noah, saying, 16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee. 17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. 18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him: 19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
20 And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. 21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. 22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
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。"