Genesis 8:12-14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
12 He waited yet another seven days and then released the dove; but this time it did not come back.
13 [a]In the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the water began to dry up on the earth. Noah then removed the covering of the ark and saw that the surface of the ground had dried. 14 In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
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