The Bible story
Noah and the Dove
When the rain stopped, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. Noah sent out a dove, and it came back in the evening with a fresh olive leaf, so he knew the water was going down. When everyone had come out of the ark, God set His rainbow in the clouds as the sign of His promise.
And 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.
— Genesis 8:11 (BSB)
Read the whole story: Genesis 8:1–9:17
