How many days did Noah wait between sending the dove out from the Ark?

Noah waited seven days between the dove’s releases from the Ark.

Genesis 8:10 says Noah waited another seven days before sending the dove a second time, and Genesis 8:12 says he waited another seven days before sending it a third time. The second release produced the olive leaf, while the third bird did not return.

This seven-day interval is a specific chronological detail within the Flood narrative. It is separate from the forty days and nights of rain and from the 150 days during which the waters prevailed. Because the story contains several numbers, retellings often merge these periods or mention only the most famous ones.

Genesis also records other waiting periods around the event, including the seven days before the Flood began after Noah entered the ark. The repeated interval in the dove episode is nevertheless clear: each later release followed seven days of waiting.