Genesis Chapter 8
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וַיִּזְכֹּ֤ר אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶת־נֹ֔חַ וְאֵ֤ת כׇּל־הַֽחַיָּה֙ וְאֶת־כׇּל־הַבְּהֵמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר אִתּ֖וֹ בַּתֵּבָ֑ה וַיַּעֲבֵ֨ר אֱלֹהִ֥ים ר֙וּחַ֙ עַל־הָאָ֔רֶץ וַיָּשֹׁ֖כּוּ הַמָּֽיִם׃
Elohim remembered Noach, and all the beasts and all the animals that were with him in the ark. Elohim caused a wind to blow over the earth and the water subsided.
And God remembered Noaĥ, and every living thing, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters were assuaged;
And G-d [(Elokim, the attribute of justice, having been transmuted to that of mercy by Noach's prayers)] remembered Noach and all of the animals, and all of the beasts which were with him in the ark, [G-d "remembering" in their behalf that they had not corrupted their ways (by mating with different species) and that they had not mated in the ark], and G-d passed [before Him] a spirit [of conciliation and easement] over the ["affairs" of] the earth, and the waters receded.
וַיִּסָּֽכְרוּ֙ מַעְיְנֹ֣ת תְּה֔וֹם וַֽאֲרֻבֹּ֖ת הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וַיִּכָּלֵ֥א הַגֶּ֖שֶׁם מִן־הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃
The wellsprings of the deep were closed, and [so were] the windows of the heavens, and the downpour from the heavens was withheld.
the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped,
And the fountains of the deep were dammed up [(not all the fountains as in 7:11; those needed for the continuation of the world were left open)] and the openings of heaven; and the rain was withheld from the heavens.
וַיָּשֻׁ֧בוּ הַמַּ֛יִם מֵעַ֥ל הָאָ֖רֶץ הָל֣וֹךְ וָשׁ֑וֹב וַיַּחְסְר֣וּ הַמַּ֔יִם מִקְצֵ֕ה חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים וּמְאַ֖ת יֽוֹם׃
The water receded from the earth continually, and the waters diminished at the end of one hundred and fifty days.
and the rain from heaven was restrained; and the waters receded from the earth continually: and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
And the waters started returning from upon the earth, and the waters began receding at the end of a hundred and fifty days [on the first of Sivan].
וַתָּ֤נַח הַתֵּבָה֙ בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י בְּשִׁבְעָה־עָשָׂ֥ר י֖וֹם לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ עַ֖ל הָרֵ֥י אֲרָרָֽט׃
The ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
And the ark rested in [Sivan] the seventh month [after Kislev, when the rains had stopped falling], on the seventeenth day of the month, on Mount Ararat.
וְהַמַּ֗יִם הָיוּ֙ הָל֣וֹךְ וְחָס֔וֹר עַ֖ד הַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָֽעֲשִׂירִ֑י בָּֽעֲשִׂירִי֙ בְּאֶחָ֣ד לַחֹ֔דֶשׁ נִרְא֖וּ רָאשֵׁ֥י הֶֽהָרִֽים׃
The waters continued to diminish until the tenth month. In the tenth [month], on the first of the month, the mountaintops became visible.
And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
And the waters kept on receding until [Av] the tenth month [after the beginning of the rain in Marcheshvan]. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.
וַיְהִ֕י מִקֵּ֖ץ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים י֑וֹם וַיִּפְתַּ֣ח נֹ֔חַ אֶת־חַלּ֥וֹן הַתֵּבָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָֽׂה׃
At the end of forty days, Noach opened the window of the ark which he had made.
And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noaĥ opened the window of the ark which he had made:
And it was at the end of forty days [from when the tops of the mountains were seen] that Noach opened the window [i.e., the skylight] of the ark that he had made.
וַיְשַׁלַּ֖ח אֶת־הָֽעֹרֵ֑ב וַיֵּצֵ֤א יָצוֹא֙ וָשׁ֔וֹב עַד־יְבֹ֥שֶׁת הַמַּ֖יִם מֵעַ֥ל הָאָֽרֶץ׃
He sent out the raven, and it went out, going to and fro until the water on the land dried up.
and he sent forth the raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
And he sent the raven, and it went out and circled [(the ark, not executing its mission, suspecting Noach of designs upon its mate)], until the waters had dried off from the earth.
וַיְשַׁלַּ֥ח אֶת־הַיּוֹנָ֖ה מֵאִתּ֑וֹ לִרְאוֹת֙ הֲקַ֣לּוּ הַמַּ֔יִם מֵעַ֖ל פְּנֵ֥י הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃
He [then] sent the dove to see if the water had subsided from the surface of the ground.
Also he sent forth the dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from the face of the ground;
And he sent away the dove from him [after seven days] to see if the waters had "lightened" from the face of the ground.
וְלֹֽא־מָצְאָה֩ הַיּוֹנָ֨ה מָנ֜וֹחַ לְכַף־רַגְלָ֗הּ וַתָּ֤שׇׁב אֵלָיו֙ אֶל־הַתֵּבָ֔ה כִּי־מַ֖יִם עַל־פְּנֵ֣י כׇל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח יָדוֹ֙ וַיִּקָּחֶ֔הָ וַיָּבֵ֥א אֹתָ֛הּ אֵלָ֖יו אֶל־הַתֵּבָֽה׃
The dove found no [place to] rest her foot. She returned to him into the ark, for the water was upon the surface of the whole earth. He put out his hand and took her and brought her to him, into the ark.
but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned to him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put out his hand, and took her, and pulled her in to him into the ark.
And the dove found no rest for the sole of its foot, and it returned to him to the ark, for waters were on the face of the whole earth. And he sent forth his hand and he took it and he brought it to him to the ark.
וַיָּ֣חֶל ע֔וֹד שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִ֖ים אֲחֵרִ֑ים וַיֹּ֛סֶף שַׁלַּ֥ח אֶת־הַיּוֹנָ֖ה מִן־הַתֵּבָֽה׃
He waited another seven days, and once again sent the dove out of the ark.
And he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
And he waited yet another seven days, and he again sent forth the dove from the ark.
וַתָּבֹ֨א אֵלָ֤יו הַיּוֹנָה֙ לְעֵ֣ת עֶ֔רֶב וְהִנֵּ֥ה עֲלֵה־זַ֖יִת טָרָ֣ף בְּפִ֑יהָ וַיֵּ֣דַע נֹ֔חַ כִּי־קַ֥לּוּ הַמַּ֖יִם מֵעַ֥ל הָאָֽרֶץ׃
The dove came to him toward evening, and behold, in her mouth was a torn off olive leaf. Noach knew then that the water had subsided from the earth.
and the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off: so Noaĥ knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
And the dove came to him towards evening, and, behold, it had torn an olive leaf with its beak, and Noach knew that the waters had lightened from off the earth.
וַיִּיָּ֣חֶל ע֔וֹד שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִ֖ים אֲחֵרִ֑ים וַיְשַׁלַּח֙ אֶת־הַיּוֹנָ֔ה וְלֹֽא־יָסְפָ֥ה שׁוּב־אֵלָ֖יו עֽוֹד׃
He waited yet another seven days and sent out the dove; it did not return to him again.
And he waited yet another seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again to him any more.
And he held off another seven days, and he sent the dove, and it did not return to him again.
וַ֠יְהִ֠י בְּאַחַ֨ת וְשֵׁשׁ־מֵא֜וֹת שָׁנָ֗ה בָּֽרִאשׁוֹן֙ בְּאֶחָ֣ד לַחֹ֔דֶשׁ חָֽרְב֥וּ הַמַּ֖יִם מֵעַ֣ל הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיָּ֤סַר נֹ֙חַ֙ אֶת־מִכְסֵ֣ה הַתֵּבָ֔ה וַיַּ֕רְא וְהִנֵּ֥ה חָֽרְב֖וּ פְּנֵ֥י הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃
It was in the six hundredth and first year, in the first [month], on the first of the month, that the water on earth [began] to dry. Noach removed the covering of the ark. He looked and behold the surface of the ground had dried.
And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month on the first day of the month, that the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noaĥ removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
And it was in the six hundred and first year (of Noach's life), in the first month [of the year], on the first day of the month, that the water dried from off the earth, and Noach removed the covering of the ark, and, behold, the face of the earth had become (somewhat) hardened.
וּבַחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ הַשֵּׁנִ֔י בְּשִׁבְעָ֧ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֛ים י֖וֹם לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ יָבְשָׁ֖ה הָאָֽרֶץ׃{ס}
In the second month, on the twenty seventh day of the month, the earth was [completely] dry.
And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, was the earth dried.
And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, [exactly one solar year after the beginning of the flood (see 7:11), this being the duration of the punishment of the generation of the flood], the earth dried up [i.e., it returned to its normal state].
וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶל־נֹ֥חַ לֵאמֹֽר׃
Elohim spoke to Noach, saying,
And God spoke to Noaĥ, saying,
And G-d spoke to Noach, saying:
צֵ֖א מִן־הַתֵּבָ֑ה אַתָּ֕ה וְאִשְׁתְּךָ֛ וּבָנֶ֥יךָ וּנְשֵֽׁי־בָנֶ֖יךָ אִתָּֽךְ׃
Depart from the ark, yourself and your wife, your sons, and your son’s wives with you.
Go out of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
Go out of the ark — you and your wife, [cohabitation now being permitted (see 7:7)], and your sons and the wives of your sons with you.
כׇּל־הַחַיָּ֨ה אֲשֶֽׁר־אִתְּךָ֜ מִכׇּל־בָּשָׂ֗ר בָּע֧וֹף וּבַבְּהֵמָ֛ה וּבְכׇל־הָרֶ֛מֶשׂ הָרֹמֵ֥שׂ עַל־הָאָ֖רֶץ (הוצא) [הַיְצֵ֣א] אִתָּ֑ךְ וְשָֽׁרְצ֣וּ בָאָ֔רֶץ וּפָר֥וּ וְרָב֖וּ עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃
Every living thing that is with you, of all flesh, [including] birds, animals, every creeping creature that creeps on the earth, let them depart with you. Let them spread over the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.
Bring out with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of birds, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creeps on the earth; that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
Every animal that is with you, of all flesh, of bird and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth haytzeh ["Tell them to go out" (this, the spoken form), or hotzeh, "Take them out" (by force, if they refuse to leave — this, the written form)] with you, and they shall teem in the earth, [but not in the ark (whence it is seen that even the beasts and the birds were forbidden to mate there)], and they shall be fruitful and shall multiply upon the earth.
וַיֵּ֖צֵא־נֹ֑חַ וּבָנָ֛יו וְאִשְׁתּ֥וֹ וּנְשֵֽׁי־בָנָ֖יו אִתּֽוֹ׃
Noach departed [from the ark together with] his sons, his wife and son’s wives.
And Noaĥ went out, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him:
And there went out Noach and his sons and his wife, and the wives of his sons with him.
כׇּל־הַֽחַיָּ֗ה כׇּל־הָרֶ֙מֶשׂ֙ וְכׇל־הָע֔וֹף כֹּ֖ל רוֹמֵ֣שׂ עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם יָצְא֖וּ מִן־הַתֵּבָֽה׃
Every living thing, every creeping creature, every bird, everything that creeps on the earth, departed from the ark according to their families.
every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, and whatever creeps on the earth, after their kinds, went out of the ark.
Every animal, every creeping thing, and every bird — every thing that creeps upon the earth, according to their families [(They took upon themselves to mate only with their kind)] went out of the ark.
וַיִּ֥בֶן נֹ֛חַ מִזְבֵּ֖חַ לַֽיהֹוָ֑ה וַיִּקַּ֞ח מִכֹּ֣ל**׀** הַבְּהֵמָ֣ה הַטְּהֹרָ֗ה וּמִכֹּל֙ הָע֣וֹף הַטָּה֔וֹר וַיַּ֥עַל עֹלֹ֖ת בַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃
Noach built an altar to Adonoy, and took of every [ritually] clean animal and of every [ritually] clean bird, and brought up burnt-offerings on the altar.
And Noaĥ built an altar to the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
And Noach built an altar to the L-rd, and he took of all the clean beasts and of all the clean birds and he offered up burnt-offerings upon the altar, [reasoning that he had been commanded to bring "seven, seven" of those (7:2) only so that he might offer sacrifices].
וַיָּ֣רַח יְהֹוָה֮ אֶת־רֵ֣יחַ הַנִּיחֹ֒חַ֒ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהֹוָ֜ה אֶל־לִבּ֗וֹ לֹֽא־אֹ֠סִ֠ף לְקַלֵּ֨ל ע֤וֹד אֶת־הָֽאֲדָמָה֙ בַּעֲב֣וּר הָֽאָדָ֔ם כִּ֠י יֵ֣צֶר לֵ֧ב הָאָדָ֛ם רַ֖ע מִנְּעֻרָ֑יו וְלֹֽא־אֹסִ֥ף ע֛וֹד לְהַכּ֥וֹת אֶת־כׇּל־חַ֖י כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשִֽׂיתִי׃
Adonoy smelled the pleasing fragrance, and Adonoy said in His heart, Never again will I curse the ground because of man, for the inclination of man’s heart is evil from [the time of] his youth. I will never again smite every living thing as I have done.
And the Lord smelled the sweet savour; and the Lord said in His heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the impulse of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more everything living, as I have done.
And the L-rd smelled the fragrant odor, and the L-rd said within His heart: I shall not again curse the ground for the sake of man. For the inclination of man's heart is evil from his youth [(min'eurav, lit., from the time he "bestirs" himself (to leave his mother's womb)], and I shall not again [(repetition constituting an oath)] smite all living things as I have done.
עֹ֖ד כׇּל־יְמֵ֣י הָאָ֑רֶץ זֶ֡רַע וְ֠קָצִ֠יר וְקֹ֨ר וָחֹ֜ם וְקַ֧יִץ וָחֹ֛רֶף וְי֥וֹם וָלַ֖יְלָה לֹ֥א יִשְׁבֹּֽתוּ׃
So long as the earth exists, seed-time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, will never be suspended.
While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
No more shall cease, all the days of the earth, seed-time [half of Tishrei, Marcheshvan, and half of Kislev], and harvest-time [half of Nissan, Iyyar, and half of Sivan], cold-season [half of Kislev, Teveth, and half of Shvat], and hot season [half of Av, Elul, and half of Tishrei], summer-fruit season [half of Sivan, Tammuz, and half of Av], and winter-fruit season [half of Shvat, Adar, and half of Nissan], and day and night [shall not cease (whence it is seen that all the days of the flood they did cease)].