...waters were dried up.” Noah then “sent forth a dove” which, upon her second mission, “came into 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.” Thus, whereas the...

...So he put forth his hand. . . and brought her into the ark with him. He waited another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark, and...came back to him in the evening, and lo, in her mouth a freshly plucked olive leaf. Genesis 6:11-8:11, passim It is an ironic fact that this ancient legend...

...put forth his hand and took her and brought her into the ark with him. He waited another seven days, before him shall bow all who go down to the dust, and he who cannot keep himself alive. a freshly plucked olive leaf; so Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the earth. Then he waited...

...after the terrible flood, you find this often-quoted passage from Genesis 8:11: “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.” From the writing of...

...comes to rest, not the forty days of deluge. 34 GENESIS 8:zi he waited another seven days and again let the dove out of the ark. And the dove came back to him at eventide and, look, a plucked olive leaf was in its bill, and Noah knew that the waters had abated...

...hand, and took her, and brought 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 in to him at eventide; and lo in her mouth an olive-leaf freshly plucked; so Noah knew that the waters...

...Jesus is destined to be the New Adam foreshadowed by Noah, who was likewise a second Adam: He [Noah] sent forth the dove out of the ark; and the dove came to him in the evening, and lo, in her mouth a freshly plucked olive leaf; so Noah knew that the waters...

...had subsided from the face of the ground. [After forty-seven days] again he sent out the dove from the ark, and the dove came back to him in the evening, and there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf so Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the...

...had subsided from the face of the ground.... [After forty-seven days] again he sent out the dove from the ark, and the dove came back to him in the evening, and there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf so Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the...

...forth his hand and took her and brought her into the ark with him. "'He waited another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; "and...came back to him in the evening, and lo, in her mouth a freshly plucked olive leaf; so Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the earth. l2 Then he...