Genesis 8:11
Douay-Rheims
And she came to him in the evening, carrying a bough of an olive tree, with green leaves, in her mouth. Noe therefore understood that the waters were ceased upon the earth.
George Leo Haydock
Green leaves. The olive tree preserves its verdure and grows even at the bottom of the Red sea, and other seas in the East. (Pliny, Natural History xii. 25.) — Many other trees and seeds will live for a long time under the waters. (Calmet) — This tender branch of the olive seems to agree better with the spring than autumn; whence Tirinus infers, that the deluge began and ended in spring.
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1849 · Genesis 8:11
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.