After sending out the raven, Noah released the dove to see whether the waters had receded from the earth. The first time, the dove found no place to rest and returned to the ark. After waiting seven more days, Noah sent the dove again. This time, she returned in the evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak, signaling that the waters had diminished and that life was beginning to renew upon the earth
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“And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an...
