Bereshis 8:10

10 And he waited yet another shivat yamim; and again he sent forth the yonah out of the tevah (ark);

Bereshis 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.

Bereshis 8:10 In-Context

8 Also he sent forth a yonah (dove) from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the adamah;

9 But the yonah found no manoach (place of rest) for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the tevah, for the waters were on the p’nei kol ha’aretz; then he reached forth his yad, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the tevah (ark).

10 And he waited yet another shivat yamim; and again he sent forth the yonah out of the tevah (ark);

11 And the yonah returned to him in the erev; and, hinei, in her beak was a zayit (olive) leaf freshly plucked; so Noach had da’as that the mayim were abated from off ha’aretz.

12 And he waited yet another shivat yamim; and sent forth the yonah; which returned not unto him again.