Related for Genesis 8:8
וַיְשַׁלַּ֥ח אֶת־הַיּוֹנָ֖ה מֵאִתּ֑וֹ לִרְאוֹת֙ הֲקַ֣לּוּ הַמַּ֔יִם מֵעַ֖ל פְּנֵ֥י הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃
And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground.
Rabbeinu Bahya
וישלח היונה מאתו, “he sent out the dove away from him.” When the Torah describes Noach as sending out the raven the word מאתו, “away from being with him,” was missing. This teaches that the habitat of the pure birds is close to the righteous people.
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