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Genesis 8:11
Genesis 8:11 is verse 11 of Genesis chapter 8, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
And behold, the dove returned to him in the evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.
King 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.
World English Bible
The dove came back to him at evening and, behold, in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters were abated from the earth.
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Genesis 8:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible
9 But the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.
10 Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.
11 And behold, the dove returned to him in the evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.
12 And Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him.
13 In Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Nehemiah 8:15So they proclaimed this message and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hill country and bring back branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.”
Zechariah 4:12And I questioned him further, “What are the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the golden oil pours?”
Zechariah 4:13“Do you not know what these are?” he inquired. “No, my lord,” I replied.
Zechariah 4:14So he said, “These are the two anointed ones who are standing beside the Lord of all the earth.”
Romans 10:15And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”