Genesis 8:9
And the dove has not found a resting place for the palm of her foot,312 and she is turning back toward him, toward the Chest, for the dual-waters are upon the faces of the whole of the Earth, and he is sending forth his hand, and he is taking313 אֶת-her, and is causing to come in herself toward him, toward the Chest.314
But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned to him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of all the earth. And he put out his hand and took her, and pulled her in to him into the ark.
But the dove found no place to set her foot, and she returned to him to the ark, for the waters were still on the face of the whole earth. So he put out his hand and took her and brought her into the ark with him.
And the dove not having found rest for her feet, returned to him into the ark, because the water was on all the face of the earth, and he stretched out his hand and took her, and brought her to himself into the ark.
Footnotes
| 312 | Strong’s #3709, kaph, the hollow of your hand or palm. Distinguished from the wrist and arm, Leviticus 14:16,17,18,27,28. The same word is used to describe the sole of the foot. The feet are the members of Christ’s Body that were washed—the least of these. Peter was the Rock upon which Christ built up his Church and Jesus washed only Peter’s feet. Judas, representing the middle/stomach of the Body, was not clean. Christ’s “pattern” (the same way the Law is a pattern) included putting a towel around his middle and then using the same towel to wash Peter’s feet, revealing the destiny of the middle (John 13:4-15). |
| 313 | Hebrew, laqach, to take. See note on Genesis 3:20. The Spirit is roaming around to and fro looking for a place for her foot. In Jeremiah 5:1 Yahweh says, “Rove to and fro outside of Jerusalem, look and take note! Search her squares to see if you can find a man, one who does justice and seeks truth, that I may pardon her.” |
| 314 | The language bears striking similarity to Genesis 2:21-22 where the rib is taken and built up and brought to the man. |