Genesis 8:10

10 And he waited another seven days, and {again he sent out} the dove from the ark.

Genesis 8:10 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 8:10

And he stayed yet other seven days
As he had stayed seven days between the sending out of the raven and the dove, so he stayed seven days more after he had sent out the dove, and it returned to him, waiting patiently for his deliverance, and the signs of it; though he could have been glad to have known its near approach, for which he made the experiments be did:

and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
very probably the selfsame dove he had sent out before.

Genesis 8:10 In-Context

8 And {he sent out a dove} to see [whether] the waters had subsided from upon the ground.

9 But the dove did not find a resting place for the sole of her foot, and she returned to him into the ark, for the waters [were still] on the face of the earth. And he stretched out his hand and took her, and brought her to himself into the ark.

10 And he waited another seven days, and {again he sent out} the dove from the ark.

11 And the dove came to him {in the evening}, and behold, a freshly-picked olive tree leaf [was] in her mouth. And Noah knew that the waters had subsided from upon the earth.

12 And he waited {seven more days}, and he sent out the dove. But it did not return again to him.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "he added to send"