2348 BC · AM 1656 · Flood to Babel
The dove returns with a fresh olive leaf
After seven more days, Noah again sent out the dove. It returned toward evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf, and Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth (Genesis 8:10-11).
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📖 Genesis 8:10–11
10Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark. 11And behold, the dove returned to him in the evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.
Sources: AiG: Timeline for the Flood
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