Holy Scripture
Genesis 8:10
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“Christ is a dove because he commands his holy ones to be as doves when he says, "Be simple as doves." But the prophet speaks of what Christ the dove is when, in his person, he describes his return to heaven after his suffering: "Who will give me wings like a dove, and I shall fly away and be at rest?" When Christ the…”
Source: Septuagint
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10And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove from the ark.
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8And he sent a dove after it to see if the water had ceased from off the earth.
9And the dove not having found rest for her feet, returned to him into the ark, because the water was on all the face of the earth, and he stretched out his hand and took her, and brought her to himself into the ark.
— Genesis 8:10 —
11And the dove returned to him in the evening, and had a leaf of olive, a sprig in her mouth; and Noah knew that the water had ceased from off the earth.
12And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove, and she did not return to him again anymore.