Genesis 8:12

Genesis 8:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
• New International Version (NIV)He waited seven more days and sent the dove out again, but this time it did not return to him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then he waited another seven days and sent forth the dove, and she did not return to him anymore.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So he waited yet another seven days and sent out the dove, which did not return again to him anymore.

Context of Genesis 8:12

10So he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent out the dove from the ark. 11The dove came to him toward evening, and behold, in her beak was a freshly picked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the water was abated from the earth. Then he waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; but she did not return to him again. 13Now it came about in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first of the month, the water was dried up from the earth. Then Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the surface of the ground was dried up. 14In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.

Genesis 8:12 word by word

וַיִּיָּ֣חֶל ע֔וֹד שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִ֖ים אֲחֵרִ֑ים וַיְשַׁלַּח֙ אֶת־הַיּוֹנָ֔ה וְלֹֽא־יָסְפָ֥ה שׁוּב־אֵלָ֖יו עֽוֹד׃Read the interlinear

• Then he waitedיָחַלyâchal · to wait: waitH3176
• yetעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750
• anotherאַחֵר'achêr · anotherH312
• sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• and sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• the doveיוֹנָהyônâh · doveH3123
• but she did not returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• to him againיָסַףyâsaph · to add: againH3254

Cross-references for Genesis 8:12

• Psalms 27:14Wait for the Lord; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the Lord.
• Psalms 130:5I wait for the Lord, my soul does wait, And in His word do I hope.
• Isaiah 8:17And I will wait for the Lord who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob; I will even look eagerly for Him.
• Isaiah 25:9And it will be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God for whom we have waited that He might save us. This is the Lord for whom we have waited; Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
• Isaiah 26:8Indeed, while following the way of Your judgments, O Lord, We have waited for You eagerly; Your name, even Your memory, is the desire of our souls.
• Isaiah 30:18Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you, And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; How blessed are all those who long for Him.
• Habakkuk 2:3For the vision is yet for the appointed time; It hastens toward the goal and it will not fail. Though it tarries, wait for it; For it will certainly come, it will not delay.
• James 5:7Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it, until it gets the early and late rains.
• Genesis 8:10So he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent out the dove from the ark.
• Genesis 2:2By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.

Commentaries on Genesis 8:12

• 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. 1212. he ... sent forth the dove: which returned not ... any more--In these results, we perceive a wisdom and prudence far superior to the inspiration of instinct--we discern the agency of God guiding all the movements of this bird for the instruction of Noah, and reviving the hopes of his household. other seven days--a strong presumptive proof that Noah observed the Sabbath during his residence in the ark.Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 8:12

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In the dictionaries

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

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