Génesis 8

Poi mandò d'appresso a sè la colomba, per veder se le acque erano scemate d'in su la faccia della terra.

Envió también de sí á la paloma, para ver si las aguas se habían retirado de sobre la faz de la tierra;

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

He himself sent out a dove to see if the waters were abated from the surface of the ground,