I thought it did, it returned with the leaf to show there was land?
Noah knew when to come out of the ark because he sent a dove out of the ark and if the dove returned Noah knew that it had no place to land so it had to come back to the ark. Finally the dove did not return so he knew the earth's waters had receded.
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It was a olive branch that the dove brought , the second time Noah released it.
The first time that Noah sent it out, the dove simply returned to him in the ark. The second time, the dove came back with an olive leaf. The third time, it did not return, giving evidence that it was possible and safe for Noah to leave the ark. (Genesis 8:8-12)
Most birds come back & forth. Such as.. the dove in this case. People mostly believe in the famous bible story from Genesis - Noahs Ark ; which involves, at the end, the dove goes to the tree, picks up come leaves, & procedes back to Noah :)
The dove that came back with an olive leaf. And then didn't come back the second time. Must have found dry land.
It was a dove, that did not return to Noah.
Noah first sent out a raven, and it just flew back and forth. Noah then sent out a dove, which returned to the ark, and he waited seven days. Noah then sent out the dove again, and it returned with an olive branch. He waited seven more days, and sent out the dove again, and this time, it did not return.
he looked overboard and noticed there was no more water. before he even noticed the land he sent out a dove to investigate and the dove came back with an olive branch. then he knew that there was land somewhere out there
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the dove goes back to Noah's arc (in the begging of the old testament). so no... its much larger then that.
The dove brought back an olive leaf to Noah, indicating that the flood waters were receding and that there was dry land available.