Holy Scripture

Genesis 8:6

A church father on this verse
“But for the present we need to explain the reason why the bird [the raven] did not come back. Perhaps, with the waters subsiding, the bird, being unclean, happened upon corpses of men and beasts and, finding nourishment to its liking, stayed there! This would have been something that proved to be no little sign of hop…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — HOMILIES ON GENESIS 26.12

Source: Septuagint

Original

6And it came to pass after forty days Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.

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In context

4And the water continued to decrease until the tenth month.

5And in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the heads of the mountains were seen.

— Genesis 8:6 —

7And he sent forth a raven; and it went forth and returned not until the water was dried from off the earth.

8And he sent a dove after it to see if the water had ceased from off the earth.

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