Verse Lens · Context pointer
Genesis 8:10 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 10. 10And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
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Role in This Section
Noah waits another seven days and sends the dove from the ark again, beginning the second dove test.
Read It With
- Genesis 8:1–12
Read verses 10–11 as one sentence and read them with verses 8–9 and 12. Verse 10 supplies patient waiting and release; verse 11 supplies the returned olive leaf; the earlier and later flights show the changing results.
Why It Needs Context
Verse 10 does not give the result of the second test. Verse 11 is required to explain what the dove brings, when it returns, and what Noah learns.
Read Genesis 8:8–12 together
Why these verses belong together: Three dove flights move from no resting place, to a fresh olive leaf, to nonreturn across repeated seven-day waits.
Verse 8. 8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
Verse 9. 9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
Verse 10. 10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
Verse 11. 11 And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
Verse 12. 12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Genesis 8:1–12 — God Remembers Noah and the Waters RecedeSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
Where care is needed
The wording suggests another seven-day interval, but the received text does not explicitly narrate every preceding wait from a fixed start point.
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Displayed wording, verse order, stage sequence, and recurring language.
Exact location: Genesis 8:1–12 in the pinned standardized 1769 KJV corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text morphology and lemma data
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible — Genesis
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, Version 2.2 released 2021; repository inspected 2026
Supports: Remember, ruach, recession process, rest, Ararat, bird movement, qalal, and olive-leaf wording.
Exact location: Genesis 8:1–12 forms, lemmas, syntax, and verse structure in Gen.xml
Open source ↗