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 to paſſe ouer the earth, and the waters aſſwaged.

The fountaines alſo of the deepe, and the windowes of heauen were ſtopped, and the raine from heauen was reſtrained.

And the waters returned from off the earth, † continually: and after the end of the hundred and fiftie dayes, the waters were abated.

And the Arke reſted in the ſeuenth moneth, on the ſeuenteenth day of the moneth, upon the mountaines of Ararat.

And the waters † decreaſed continually vntil the tenth moneth: in the tenth moneth, on the firſt day of the moneth, were the tops of the mountaines ſeen.

¶And it came to paſſe at the end of the forty dayes, that Noah opened the window of the Arke which he had made.

And he ſent forth a Rauen, which went foorth † to and fro, vntill the waters were dried vp from off the earth.

Alſo hee ſent foorth a doue from him, to ſee if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground.

But the doue found no reſt for the ſole of her foote, and the returned vnto him into the Arke: for the waters were on the face of the whole earth. Then he put foorth his hand, and tooke her, and † pulled her in vnto him, into the Arke.

And hee ſtayed yet other ſeuen dayes; and againe hee ſent foorth the doue out of the Arke.

And the doue came in to him in the euening, and loe, in her mouth was an Oliue leafe plucket off: So Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

And hee ſtayed yet other ſeuen dayes, and ſent forth the doue, which returned not againe vnto him any more.

¶And it came to paſſe in the ſixe hundredth and one yeere, in the firſt moneth, the firſt day of the moneth, the waters were dryed vp from off the earth: and Noah remooued the couering of the Arke, and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was drie.

And in the ſecond moneth, on the ſeuen and twentieth day of the moneth, was the earth dried.

¶And God spake vnto Noah, ſaying,

Goe foorth of the Arke, thou, and thy wife, and thy ſonnes, and thy ſonnes wiues with thee:

Bring foorth with thee euery liuing thing that is with thee, of all fleſh, both of fowle, and of cattell, and of euery creeping thing that creepeth vpon the earth, that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitfull, and multiply vpon the earth.

And Noah went foorth, and his ſonnes, and his wife, and his ſonnes wiues with him:

Euery beaſt, euery creeping thing, and euery fowle, and whatſoeuer creepeth vpon the earth, after their † kinds, went foorth out of the Arke.

¶And Noah builded an Altar vnto the LORD, and tooke of euery cleane beaſt, and of euery cleane fowle, and offered burnt offrings on the Altar.

And the LORD ſmelled a † ſweete ſauour, and the LORD ſaid in his heart, I will not againe curſe the ground any more for mans ſake; for the * imagination of mans heart is euil from his youth: neither will I againe ſmite any more euery thing liuing, as I haue done.

† While the earth remaineth, ſeed-time and harueſt, and cold, and heat, and Summer, and Winter, and day and night, ſhall not ceaſe.

Nd God bleſſed Noah, and his ſonnes, and ſaid vnto them, * Bee fruitfull and multiply, and repleniſh the earth.

And the feare of you, ⁊ the dread of you ſhall be vpon euery beaſt of the earth, and vpon euery fowle of the aire, vpon all that mooveth vpon the earth, and vpon all the fiſhes of the ſea; into your hand are they deliuered.

Euery mouing thing that liueth, ſhal be meat for you; euen as the * greene herbe haue I giuen you all things.

* But fleſh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, ſhall you not eate.

And ſurely your blood of your