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Gen 8:8 — Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

a dove		Gen 8:10-12; Sgs 1:15; Sgs 2:11,12,14; Mat 10:16

Correlating Passages

a dove

	Gen 8:10	And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
	Gen 8:11	And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth [was] an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
	Gen 8:12	And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
	Sgs 1:15	Behold, thou [art] fair, my love; behold, thou [art] fair; thou [hast] doves' eyes.
	Sgs 2:11	For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over [and] gone;
	Sgs 2:12	The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing [of birds] is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
	Sgs 2:14	O my dove, [that art] in the clefts of the rock, in the secret [places] of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet [is] thy voice, and thy countenance [is] comely.
	Mat 10:16	Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

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Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 8:8," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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