Bible Dictionary: The Dove: Sent from the Ark by Noah

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Genesis 8:8,10,12
Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
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The Story of Noah and the Ark
... After Noah had waited for it awhile, he sent out a dove; but the dove could not
find any place to rest, so it flew back to the ark, and Noah took it into the ...
/.../marshall/the wonder book of bible stories/the story of noah and.htm

Noah and the Great Flood
... days Noah opened the window of the ark and sent out a raven; and it kept going to
and fro until the waters were dried up on the earth. He also sent out a dove ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/noah and the great flood.htm

'Clear Shining after Rain'
... It is not said that the raven was sent out to see ... of waters, not back and forward
to and from the ark. ... The dove, on the other hand, is the emblem of gentleness ...
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The Great Flood.
... months the tops of the mountains were seen, and Noah sent out a raven and a dove.
The raven flew to and fro, but the dove came back into the ark, because she ...
/.../lathbury/childs story of the bible/chapter ii the great flood.htm

Concerning the Flood; and after what Manner Noah was Saved in an ...
... go out of the ark with safety; but the raven, finding all the land still overflowed,
returned to Noah again. And after seven days he sent out a dove, to know ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 3 concerning the flood.htm

Here Beginneth the History of Noah
... The seventh month, the twenty-seventh day of the month, the ark rested on the hills
of Armenia. ... After this he sent out a dove which flew out, and when she ...
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A Treatise against the Heretic Novatian by an Anonymous Bishop.
... the dove sent forth that returned, is signified by the man who does not delay, because
he would have no rest for his feet. And Noah received it into the ark; ...
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On the Coming of Our Lord in the Flesh; Its Nature and Cause.
... rendering "flew from the ark of Noah." Christophorson (according to Valesius) supposes
it to be that dove which Noah formerly sent out of the ark, this dove ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/chapter xi on the coming of.htm

The Survival of the Fittest.
... bird are taken into the ark to provide food for Noah and his family. Seven days
the waters rose, and at intervals of seven days he sent out a raven and a dove. ...
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God Being Offended by These Things, and Especially by the ...
... that the violence of the rain had ceased, and that the ark was quietly ... having settled,
as I conjecture, on the dead bodies, he then sent forth a dove. ...
/.../life and writings of sulpitius severus /chapter iii god being offended.htm

Subtopics

Dove

The Dove of Converts to the Church

The Dove of Mourners

The Dove of the Church

The Dove of the Holy Spirit

The Dove of the Meekness of Christ

The Dove: (In Its Flight) of the Return of Israel from Captivity

The Dove: Characterised by Comeliness of Countenance

The Dove: Characterised by Richness of Plumage

The Dove: Characterised by Simplicity

The Dove: Characterised by Softness of Eyes