Genesis 8:12 (WEB)
He waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; and she didn’t return to him any more.
Catechism · 1
“At the end of the flood, whose symbolism refers to Baptism, a dove released by Noah returns with a fresh olive-tree branch in its beak as a sign that the earth was again habitable.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 8:8-12.
Fathers and councils · 1
“Moreover, all those righteous men already mentioned, though they kept no Sabbaths, were pleasing to God; and after them Abraham with all his descendants until Moses, under whom your nation appeared unrighteous and ungrateful to God, making a…” — editor's note: [They did not Sabbatize; but Justin does not deny what is implied in many Scriptures, that they marked the week, and noted the seventh day. Gen. ii. 3, Gen.…
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 19.
Cited together in Catechism §701.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 19.