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Book of Genesis, Chapter 8

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Chapter 8 of Genesis—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ After that God remembered1 Noah and every wild beast and every domestic animal that was with him in the ark,2 and God caused a wind[a] to pass over the earth, and the waters began to subside.3
  2. And the springs of the watery deep[b]4 and the floodgates[c]5 of the heavens became stopped up, and so the downpour from the heavens was restrained.
  3. And the waters began receding from off the earth, progressively receding;[d] and at the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters were lacking.6
  4. And in the seventh month,[e] on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark7 came to rest on the mountains of Arʹa·rat.8
  5. And the waters kept on progressively lessening[f] until the tenth month.[g] In the tenth month, on the first of the month, the tops of the mountains appeared.9
  6. ¶ So it occurred that at the end of forty days Noah proceeded to open the window10 of the ark that he had made.
  7. After that he sent out a raven,11 and it continued flying outdoors,[h] going and returning, until the waters dried off the earth.
  8. ¶ Later he sent out from him a dove12 to see whether the waters had abated from the surface of the ground.
  9. And the dove did not find any resting-place for the sole of its foot, and so it returned to him into the ark because the waters were yet upon the surface of the whole earth.13 At that he put his hand out and took it and brought it to himself inside the ark.
  10. And he went on waiting still another seven days, and once again he sent out the dove from the ark.
  11. Later on the dove came to him about the time of evening and, look! there was an olive leaf14 freshly plucked in its bill, and so Noah got to know that the waters had abated from the earth.15
  12. And he went on waiting still another seven days. Then he sent out the dove, but it did not come back again to him anymore.16
  13. ¶ Now in the six hundred and first year,17 in the first month,[i] on the first day of the month, it came about that the waters had drained from off the earth; and Noah proceeded to remove the covering of the ark and to look, and here the surface of the ground had drained dry.18
  14. And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth had dried off.19
  15. ¶ God now spoke to Noah, saying:
  16. “Go out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and your sons’ wives with you.20
  17. Every living creature that is with you of every sort of flesh,21 among the flying creatures22 and among the beasts23 and among all the moving animals that move upon the earth,24 bring out with you, as they must swarm in the earth and be fruitful and become many upon the earth.”25
  18. ¶ At that Noah went out, and also his sons26 and his wife and his sons’ wives with him.
  19. Every living creature, every moving animal and every flying creature, everything that moves on the earth, according to their families they went out of the ark.27
  20. And Noah began to build an altar28 to Jehovah and to take some of all the clean beasts29 and of all the clean flying creatures30 and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar.31
  21. And Jehovah began to smell a restful[j] odor,32 and so Jehovah said in his heart:33 “Never again shall I call down evil upon the ground34 on man’s account, because the inclination35 of the heart of man is bad from his youth up;36 and never again shall I deal every living thing a blow just as I have done.37
  22. For all the days the earth continues,[k] seed sowing and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, will never cease.”38

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Heb., ruʹach; previously translated “active force; breezy part; spirit.”
  2. ^ Or, “water canopy.” See 7:11 ftn, “Deep.”
  3. ^ Or, “windows.”
  4. ^ “Progressively receding.” Lit., “going and receding.”
  5. ^ “Seventh month.” This corresponded to the month Abib (or, Nisan), the first month of the Jewish sacred calendar after the Exodus. Abib corresponded to the latter half of March and the first half of April. See App 8B.
  6. ^ Lit., “going and lessening.”
  7. ^ “Tenth month.” This corresponded to the month Tammuz, the fourth month of the Jewish sacred calendar after the Exodus. Tammuz corresponded to the latter half of June and the first half of July. See App 8B.
  8. ^ Lit., “continued going out.”
  9. ^ “First month.” This corresponded to the month Ethanim (or, Tishri), the seventh month of the Jewish sacred calendar after the Exodus. Ethanim corresponded to the latter half of September and the first half of October. See App 8B.
  10. ^ Or, “soothing; tranquilizing.”
  11. ^ Lit., “Until all the days of the earth.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ge 19:29; Ex 2:24; 1Sa 1:19; Ps 94:14
  2. ^ Ge 6:20; Heb 11:7
  3. ^ Ps 33:7
  4. ^ Ge 7:11; Pr 8:28
  5. ^ 2Ki 7:2
  6. ^ Jb 38:11; Je 5:22
  7. ^ Ge 7:18
  8. ^ 2Ki 19:37
  9. ^ Ge 7:20
  10. ^ Ge 6:16
  11. ^ Ge 6:20; Le 11:15; 1Ki 17:4; Jb 38:41
  12. ^ Ps 55:6
  13. ^ Ge 7:19
  14. ^ Ne 8:15
  15. ^ Ge 7:20; 8:3
  16. ^ Je 48:28
  17. ^ Ge 7:11
  18. ^ Ge 1:9
  19. ^ Ex 14:21
  20. ^ Ge 7:7; 1Pe 3:20; 2Pe 2:5
  21. ^ Ge 7:15; 1Co 15:39
  22. ^ Ge 1:20; 2:19; 6:20
  23. ^ Ge 1:25
  24. ^ Ge 1:24; 9:2
  25. ^ Ge 1:22; Ps 144:13
  26. ^ Ge 6:10
  27. ^ Ge 7:14; Ps 36:6
  28. ^ Ge 12:7; 22:9; 26:25
  29. ^ Ge 7:2; Le 20:25; De 14:4
  30. ^ De 14:11
  31. ^ Le 1:10, 14; 17:11; De 27:6
  32. ^ Le 26:31; Eze 20:41; Eph 5:2; Heb 13:16
  33. ^ Ge 6:6
  34. ^ Ge 3:17; 5:29
  35. ^ De 31:21; 1Ch 28:9
  36. ^ Ge 6:5; Ec 7:20; Mt 15:19
  37. ^ Ge 6:17; Is 54:9
  38. ^ Ge 1:14; Ec 1:4; Je 33:20

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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