Then God remembred Noe and all
the beastes, and all the catell that were
with him in the Arcke, and caused
a wynde to come vpon the earth: and þe; waters
ceassed, and the fountaynes of the depe
and the wyndowes of heauen were stopte,
and the rayne of heau&ebar; was forbydden, and
the waters ranne styll awaye from þe; earth,
and decreased after an hundreth and fiftye
dayes.
Vpon the seuentene daye of the seuenth
moneth rested the Arcke vpon the mountaynes
of Ararat. And the waters w&ebar;te awaye
and decreased vntyll the tenth moneth: for
the first daye of the tenth moneth, the toppes
of the mountaynes appeared.
After fourtie dayes Noe opened þe; wyndow
of the Arcke which he had made, ∧ sent
forth a rauen, which flew out, and note came agayne,
vntyll the waters were dryed vp vp&obar;
the earth.
B Then sent he forth a doue from him, to wete,
whether the waters were fall&ebar; vpon the
earth. But when þe; doue coude fynde no restynge
place for hir fete, she came agayne vnto
him in to the Arcke, for the waters were
yet vpon the face of all the earth. And he
put out his hande, and toke her to him in to
the Arke.
Then he abode yet seuen dayes mo, ∧ sent
out the doue agayne out of the Arke: ∧ she
returned vnto him aboute the euen tyde: and
beholde, she had broken of a leaf of an olyue
tre, ∧ bare it in hir nebb. Then Noe perceaued,
that the waters were abated vpon
the earth. Neuertheles he taried yet seuen
other dayes, and sent forth the doue, which
came nomore to him agayne.
In the sixte hundreth and one yeare of
Noes age, vpon the first daye of þe; first moneth,
the waters were dryed vp vpon the
earth. Then Noe toke of the hatches of the
Arke, and sawe þt; the face of the earth was
drye. So vpon the seuen and twentye daye
of the seconde moneth the whole earth was
drye.
C Then spake God vnto Noe, and sayde:
Go out of the Arke, thou and thy wyfe, and
thy sonnes, and thy sonnes wyues with the.
As for all the beastes that are with the,
what so euer flesh it be (both foule ∧ catell
and all maner of wormes that crepe vpon
the earth) let them go out with the, and be
ye occupied vpon the earth, growe and multiplye
vpon the earth. note
So Noe wente out, with his sonnes, and
with his wife, and with his sonnes wyues.
All the beastes also and all the wormes, and
all the foules, and all that crepte vpon the
earth, wente out of the Arke, euery one vnto
his like.
D noteAnd Noe buylded an altare vnto þe; LORDE,
and toke of all maner of cleane beastes ∧
of all maner of cleane foules, and offred br&ebar;t
sacrifices vpon þe; altare. And þe; LORDE smelled
the swete sauo&highr;, ∧ sayde in his hert: I wyl
hence forth curse the earth nomore for m&abar;s
sake, for the ymaginacion of mans hert is euell,
euen from the very youth of him. Therfore
from h&ebar;ce forth I wil nomore smyte all
that lyueth, as I haue done. Nether shall
sowynge tyme and haruest, colde and heate
Sommer and wynter, daye and night ceasse
so longe as the earth endureth.
Coverdale [1535], BIBLIA The Bible / that is, the holy Scripture of the Olde and New Testament, faithfully and truly translated out of Douche and Latyn in to Englishe () [word count] [B04000].
