Genesis 8:11

Genesis 8:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
• New International Version (NIV)When 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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the dove came back to him in the evening, and behold, in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the earth.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the dove came to him in the evening, and behold, a freshly plucked olive leaf was in her mouth; and Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.

Context of Genesis 8:11

9But the dove did not find a resting place for the sole of her foot. She returned to him in the ark because water covered the surface of the whole land. He stretched out his hand and he took her, and brought her to him into the ark. 10So he waited yet another seven days and again he sent the dove out from the ark. The dove came to him at evening, and surprisingly—a freshly plucked olive leaf was in its mouth. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the land. 12After he waited seven more days, he sent out the dove, but she did not return to him again. 13It was in his six-hundred-and first year—in the first month, on the first day of the month—that the waters had dried up from the land. Then Noah removed the cover of the ark and he looked, and behold, the surface of the ground had dried up.

Genesis 8:11 word by word

וַתָּבֹ֨א אֵלָ֤יו הַיּוֹנָה֙ לְעֵ֣ת עֶ֔רֶב וְהִנֵּ֥ה עֲלֵה־זַ֖יִת טָרָ֣ף בְּפִ֑יהָ וַיֵּ֣דַע נֹ֔חַ כִּי־קַ֥לּוּ הַמַּ֖יִם מֵעַ֥ל הָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the doveיוֹנָהyônâh · doveH3123
• came inבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• to him in the eveningעֶ֫רֶב‛ereb · eveningH6153
• to him in the eveningעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
• and, lo, in her mouthפֶּהpeh · lipH6310
• an oliveזַ֫יִתzayith · oliveH2132
• leafעָלֶה‛âleh · leafH5929
• pluckt offטָרָףţârâph · fresh-pluckedH2965
• so Noahנֹחַnôach · NoahH5146
• knewיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• that the watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• were abatedקָלַלqâlal · to lightenH7043
• from off the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Cross-references for Genesis 8:11

• Nehemiah 8:15So that they should proclaim and spread this message in all their towns and in Jerusalem saying, “Go out to the hill country and bring olive branches and wild olive branches, myrtle branches, palm branches and branches of other leafy trees to make sukkot, just as it is written.”
• Zechariah 4:12Again I asked him, “What are these two olive branches beside the two golden pipes that empty the golden oil out of them?”
• Romans 10:15And how shall they proclaim unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who proclaim good news of good things!”

Commentaries on Genesis 8:11

• 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
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11Unlike the raven (8:7), the dove eats plants. Olive trees are short, so Noah knew the water was almost gone.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 8:11

• Dove, Turtle
• Olive

In the dictionaries

• Noah
• Clean
• Covering
• Deluge
• Earth
• Flood
• Leaf
• Olivetree
• Pull
• Remember

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