And behold, the dove returned to him in the evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth. Cross References Genesis 8:10 Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark. Genesis 8:12 And Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him. Treasury of Scripture And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, see, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. an olive. Nehemiah 8:15 Zechariah 4:12-14 Romans 10:15 |