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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)He waited another seven days and then released the dove again. This time it did not come back.

Context of Genesis 8:12

10He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark. 11When the dove returned to him in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth. He waited seven more days and sent the dove out again, but this time it did not return to him. 13By the first day of the first month of Noah’s six hundred and first year, the water had dried up from the earth. Noah then removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry. 14By the twenty-seventh day of the second month the earth was completely dry.

Genesis 8:12 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he stayedיָחַלyâchal · to wait: waitH3176
• yet otherאַחֵר'achêr · anotherH312
• sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• and sent forthשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• the doveיוֹנָהyônâh · doveH3123
• which returnedשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• not againיָסַףyâsaph · to add: againH3254
• unto him any moreעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750

Cross-references for Genesis 8:12

• Psalms 27:14Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.
• Psalms 130:5I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope.
• Isaiah 8:17I will wait for the Lord, who is hiding his face from the descendants of Jacob. I will put my trust in him.
• Isaiah 25:9In that day they will say, “Surely this is our God; we trusted in him, and he saved us. This is the Lord, we trusted in him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.”
• Isaiah 26:8Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts.
• Isaiah 30:18Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!
• Habakkuk 2:3For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.
• James 5:7Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains.
• Genesis 8:10He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.
• Genesis 2:2By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.

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