4. On the 17th day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
5. The waters continued to go down until the tenth month. On the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains could be seen.
6. After 40 days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark.
7. He sent a raven out. It kept flying back and forth until the water had dried up from the earth.
8. Then Noah sent a dove out. He wanted to see if the water had gone down from the surface of the ground.
9. But the dove couldn't find any place to put its feet down. There was still water over the whole surface of the earth. So the dove returned to Noah in the ark. Noah reached out his hand and took the dove in. He brought it back to himself in the ark.
10. He waited seven more days. Then he sent the dove out from the ark again.
11. In the evening the dove returned to him. There in its beak was a freshly picked olive leaf! So Noah knew that the water on the earth had gone down.
12. He waited seven more days. Then he sent the dove out again. But that time it didn't return to him.