Genesis 8:12

And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.

And he stayed {H3176} yet other {H312} seven {H7651} days {H3117}; and sent forth {H7971} the dove {H3123}; which returned {H7725} not again {H3254} unto him any more {H5750}.

He waited yet another seven days and sent out the dove, and she didn’t return to him any more.

And Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him.

And he stayed yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she returned not again unto him any more.

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Cross-References

  • Isaiah 30:18 (3 votes)

    ¶ And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD [is] a God of judgment: blessed [are] all they that wait for him.

  • Isaiah 25:9 (3 votes)

    ¶ And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this [is] our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this [is] the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

  • Isaiah 26:8 (3 votes)

    Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of [our] soul [is] to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.

  • Genesis 8:10 (3 votes)

    And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;

  • Genesis 2:2 (2 votes)

    And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

  • Genesis 2:3 (2 votes)

    And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

  • Isaiah 8:17 (2 votes)

    And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.