Genesis 8 · Verse 12

Genesis 8:12

And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
Genesis 8:12, King James Version

Genesis 8:12 in other translations

BSBAnd Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him.
WEBHe waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; and she didn’t return to him any more.
ASVAnd he stayed yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she returned not again unto him any more.
YLTAnd he stayeth yet other seven days, and sendeth forth the dove, and it added not to turn back unto him any more.
DARBYAnd he waited yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; but she returned no more to him.
BBEAnd after seven days more, he sent the dove out again, but she did not come back to him.
WebsterAnd he stayed yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; which returned not again to him any more.

What does Genesis 8:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
12. he ... sent forth the dove: which returned not ... any more--In these results, we perceive a wisdom and prudence far superior to the inspiration of instinct--we discern the agency of God guiding all the movements of this bird for the instruction of Noah, and reviving the hopes of his household. other seven days--a strong presumptive proof that Noah observed the Sabbath during his residence in the ark.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 8:4-12

The ark rested upon a mountain, whither it was directed by the wise and gracious providence of God, that might rest the sooner. God has times and places of rest for his people after their tossing; and many times he provides for their seasonable and comfortable settlement, without their own contrivance, and quite beyond their own foresight. God had told Noah when the flood would come, yet he did not give him an…

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Genesis 8:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּיָּ֣חֶלvai.yi.Ya.cheland he waitedH3176
ע֔וֹדodagainH5750
שִׁבְעַ֥תshiv.'AtsevenH7651
יָמִ֖יםya.MimdaysH3117
אֲחֵרִ֑ים'a.che.RimotherH312
וַיְשַׁלַּח֙vay.sha.Lachand he sent outH7971
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַיּוֹנָ֔הhai.yo.Nahthe doveH3123
וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
יָסְפָ֥הya.se.Fahit repeatedH3254
שׁוּב\־shuv-to returnH7725
אֵלָ֖יו'e.Lavto himH413
עֽוֹד\׃odagainH5750

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 8:12

  • Isaiah 25:9

    And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

  • Isaiah 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.

  • Isaiah 30:18

    And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

  • Genesis 8:10

    And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;

  • Psalms 130:5-6

    I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

  • Isaiah 8:17

    And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

  • Genesis 2:2-3

    And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

  • James 5:7-8

    Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

  • Psalms 27:14

    Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

  • Habakkuk 2:3

    For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

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And he.
Ps 27:14; 130:5,6; Isa 8:17; 25:9; 26:8; 30:18; Hab 2:3; Jas 5:7,8
seven.
10; 2:2,3

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Context

  • Genesis 8:11

    And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

  • Genesis 8:12

    And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.

  • Genesis 8:13

    And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

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Genesis 8:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y esperó aún otros siete días, y envió la paloma, la cual no volvió ya más á él.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il attendit encore sept autres jours, et il lâcha la colombe, et elle ne revint plus de nouveau vers lui.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er wartete noch sieben andere Tage und ließ die Taube aus; und sie kehrte hinfort nicht wieder zu ihm zurück.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Expectavitque nihilominus septem alios dies: et emisit columbam, quæ non est reversa ultra ad eum.