Genesis 8:10
And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
KJV
Expectatis autem ultra septem diebus aliis, rursum dimisit columbam ex arca.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐπισχὼν ἔτι ἡμέρας ἑπτὰ ἑτέρας πάλιν ἐξαπέστειλεν τὴν περιστερὰν ἐκ τῆς κιβωτοῦ.
LXX
And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
ASV
וַ/יָּ֣חֶל ע֔וֹד שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִ֖ים אֲחֵרִ֑ים וַ/יֹּ֛סֶף שַׁלַּ֥ח אֶת הַ/יּוֹנָ֖ה מִן הַ/תֵּבָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲחֵרִ֔ים
'chrym
adjective · 166×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יֹּ֣סֶף
ysp
verb · 208×
יּוֹנָ֖ה
yvnh
noun · 33×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
ן
n
verb · 61×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
ע֖וֹד
'vd
adverb · 485×
שִׁבְעַ֥ת
shb't
adjective · 393×
תֵּבָ֔ה
tbh
noun · 28×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§701The dove. At the end of the flood, whose symbolism refers to Baptism, a dove released by Noah returns with a fresh olive-tree branch in its beak as a sign that the earth was again habitable.58 When Christ comes up from the water of his baptism, the Holy Spirit, in the form of a dove, comes down upon him and remains with him.59 The Spirit comes down and remains in the purified h…
Cross-references
- Gen 7:4 — For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
- Gen 7:10 — And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
- Gen 8:12 — And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
- Gen 8:12 — And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
- Gen 29:27 — Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
- Isa 8:17 — And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
- Isa 26:8 — 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.
- Ps 40:1 — I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
- Rom 8:25 — But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.