3. For one hundred and fifty days the water slowly went down.
4. Then on the seventeenth day of the seventh month of the year, the boat came to rest somewhere in the Ararat mountains.
5. The water kept going down, and the mountain tops could be seen on the first day of the tenth month.
8. Noah wanted to find out if the water had gone down, and he sent out a dove.
9. Deep water was still everywhere, and the dove could not find a place to land. So it flew back to the boat. Noah held out his hand and helped it back in.
10. Seven days later Noah sent the dove out again.