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and the rain from heaven was restrained ; and the 

 waters returned from off the earth continually ; and 

 after the end of one hundred and fifty days the 

 waters were abated. And the ark rested in the 7th 

 month, on the 17th day of the month, upon the 

 mountains of Ararat. And the waters decreased 

 continually until the 10th month; and in the 10th 

 month, on the first day of the month^were the tops 

 of the mountains seen. 



"And it came to pass at the end of 40 days, 

 that Noah opened the windows of the ark which he 

 had made. And he sent forth a raven, which went 

 to and fro until the waters were dried up from off 

 the earth. Also, he sent forth a dove from him, to 

 see if the waters were abated from off the face of 

 the ground. But the dove found no rest for the 

 sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the 

 ark ; for the waters were on the face of the whole 

 earth. And then he put forth his hand, and took 

 her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. And 

 he stayed yet other seven days, and again he 

 sent forth the dove out of the ark; and the dove 

 came to him in the evening ; and, lo, in her mouth 

 was an olive-leaf plucked off; so Noah knew that 

 the waters were abated from off the earth. And 

 he stayed yet other seven days, and sent forth the 

 dove, which returned not again to him any more. 



" And it came to pass in the 601st year, in the 

 first month, the first day of the month, the waters 

 were dried up from off the earth; and Noah re- 

 moved the covering of the ark, and looked ; and, 

 behold, the face of the ground was dry. And in 



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