Genesis 8:7 bbe — Noah sent out a raven, which went this way and that till the waters were gone from the earth.

And on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

And still the waters went on falling, till on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains were seen.

Then, after forty days, through the open window of the ark which he had made,

And he sent out a dove, to see if the waters had gone from the face of the earth;

But the dove saw no resting-place for her foot, and came back to the ark, for the waters were still over all the earth; and he put out his hand, and took her into the ark.

And after waiting another seven days, he sent the dove out again;