v16; Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wive with thee.
v17; Bring forth with thee every thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
v9; The dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him in the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her in unto him into the ark. (The dove was a female he set out.)
v10; And he stayed yet other 7 days; and sent forth the dove out of the ark. ( yes “other seven days” is how the bible words it.)
v11; The dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
v12; And he stayed yet another 7 days; and sent forth that dove; which returned not again unto him any more. (They stayed in the ark 14 days on top of the mountain dealing with the dove.)
(Imagine the water covering up mountains, everybody dies except 8 people and male & female of every animal.. photo credit: Sean Deavy )
v21; And all the flesh that moved upon the earth, both of foul, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepth upon the Earth, and every man:
v22; All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
v23; And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; And they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
v24; the waters prevailed on the earth an 150 days.
v17; The flood was 40 days upon the Earth. The water increased and bare up the ark, (after the Lord shut him in the flood came, no mention of rain yet.)
and it was lift up above the Earth
v18; The waters prevailed, and increase greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
v19; The water prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
v20; 15 cubits did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.