Genesis 8:12

New American Bible - revised edition

He waited yet another seven days and then released the dove; but this time it did not come back.

Cross References

Isaiah 30:18

Truly, the Lord is waiting to be gracious to you, truly, he shall rise to show you mercy; For the Lord is a God of justice: happy are all who wait for him!

Isaiah 26:8

The course of your judgments, Lord, we await; your name and your memory are the desire of our souls.

Isaiah 25:9

On that day it will be said: “Indeed, this is our God; we looked to him, and he saved us! This is the Lord to whom we looked; let us rejoice and be glad that he has saved us!”

Genesis 8:10

He waited yet seven days more and again released the dove from the ark.

Isaiah 8:17

I will trust in the Lord, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob; yes, I will wait for him.

Psalm 27:14

Wait for the Lord, take courage; be stouthearted, wait for the Lord!

Habakkuk 2:3

For the vision is a witness for the appointed time, a testimony to the end; it will not disappoint. If it delays, wait for it, it will surely come, it will not be late.

Genesis 8:11

In the evening the dove came back to him, and there in its bill was a plucked-off olive leaf! So Noah knew that the waters had diminished on the earth.

Jeremiah 48:28

Abandon the cities, take shelter in the crags, inhabitants of Moab. Be like the dove that nests in the walls of a gorge.