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Genesis 8:7
Genesis 8:7 is verse 7 of Genesis chapter 8, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
and sent out a raven. It kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.
King James Version
And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
World English Bible
and he sent out a raven. It went back and forth, until the waters were dried up from the earth.
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Genesis 8:5–9 · Berean Standard Bible
5 And the waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.
6 After forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark
7 and sent out a raven. It kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.
8 Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.
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.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Leviticus 11:15any kind of raven,
1 Kings 17:4And you are to drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”
1 Kings 17:6The ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he would drink from the brook.
Job 38:41Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?
Psalms 147:9He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.