King James Version
Genesis 8:12 in the King James Version says “And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.”
Genesis 8:12 · KJV
And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
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.
And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
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.
And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
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“unto him any more”
H5750properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
“seven”
H7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
“days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“and sent forth”
H7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“which returned”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
“unto him any more”
H5750properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
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