Genesis 8:10

Genesis 8:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
• New International Version (NIV)He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He waited another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he waited yet another seven days, and again he sent the dove out from the ark.

Context of Genesis 8:10

8Then he sent out a dove to see whether the water on the earth’s surface had gone down, 9but the dove found no resting place for its foot. It returned to him in the ark because water covered the surface of the whole earth. He reached out and brought it into the ark to himself. So Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove from the ark again. 11When the dove came to him at evening, there was a plucked olive leaf in its beak. So Noah knew that the water on the earth’s surface had gone down. 12After he had waited another seven days, he sent out the dove, but it did not return to him again.

Genesis 8:10 word by word

וַיָּ֣חֶל ע֔וֹד שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִ֖ים אֲחֵרִ֑ים וַיֹּ֛סֶף שַׁלַּ֥ח אֶת־הַיּוֹנָ֖ה מִן־הַתֵּבָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he stayedחוּלchûl chîyl · to twist: anticipateH2342
• yet otherאַחֵר'achêr · anotherH312
• sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• and againיָסַףyâsaph · to add: againH3254
• he sent forthשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• the doveיוֹנָהyônâh · doveH3123
• out of the arkתֵּבָהtêbâh · arkH8392

Cross-references for Genesis 8:10

• Psalms 40:1I waited patiently for the Lord, and he turned to me and heard my cry for help.
• Isaiah 8:17I will wait for the Lord, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob. I will wait for him.
• Isaiah 26:8Yes, Lord, we wait for you in the path of your judgments. Our desire is for your name and renown.
• Romans 8:25Now if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with patience.
• Genesis 8:12After he had waited another seven days, he sent out the dove, but it did not return to him again.
• Genesis 7:4Seven days from now I will make it rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and every living thing I have made I will wipe off the face of the earth.”

Commentaries on Genesis 8:10

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-14Verses 1-14 - The Land Was Dried 1. שׁכך shākak “stoop, assuage.” 3. חסר chāsar “want, fail, be abated.” 4. אררט 'ărārāṭ “Ararat,” a land forming part of Armenia. It is mentioned in 2 Kings 19:37, and Isaiah 37:38, as the retreat of Adrammelek and Sharezer after the murder of their father; and in Jeremiah 51:27 as a kingdom. 8. קלל qālal “be light, lightened, lightly esteemed, swift.” 10. חוּל chûl “twist, turn, dance, writhe, tremble, be strong…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-12Verses 4-12 The ark rested upon a mountain, whither it was directed by the wise and gracious providence of God, that might rest the sooner. God has times and places of rest for his people after their tossing; and many times he provides for their seasonable and comfortable settlement, without their own contrivance, and quite beyond their own foresight. God had told Noah when the flood would come, yet he did not give him an account by revelation, at what…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-118-11. Also he sent forth a dove--a bird flying low and naturally disposed to return to the place of her abode.Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 8:10

• Dove, Turtle
• Seven

In the dictionaries

• Clean
• Covering
• Deluge
• Dove
• Earth
• Flood
• Noah
• Pull
• Remember
• Sake

Commentaries on Genesis 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings