2348 BC · AM 1656 · Flood to Babel
The dove returns with no place to rest
Noah sent out a dove to learn whether the waters had receded, but it found no resting place and returned to the ark. Noah reached out his hand and brought it back inside (Genesis 8:8-9).
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📖 Genesis 8:8–9
8Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground. 9But the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.
Sources: AiG: Timeline for the Flood
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