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RBT Translation:
And the dove is coming into him at time of evening, and behold, an olive leaf torn off in her mouth.318 And Rest is perceiving that the Dual-Waters have become lightened from upon the Earth.
LITV Translation:
And the dove came into him in the evening. And, behold! In her mouth was a newly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters had gone down from off the earth.
ESV Translation:
And the dove came back to him in the evening, and behold, in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the earth.
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And the dove returned to him in the evening, and had a leaf of olive, a sprig in her mouth; and Noah knew that the water had ceased from off the earth.

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Reminiscent of Christ at the Last Supper tearing off a piece of bread, “now they were eating of them, the Jesus took a bread, and praised, and broke, and gave to the learners, he said, Take, eat. This one is the body of myself.’” Matthew 26:26 literal