Genesis 7
1 And Jehovah said to Noah, Come, thou and all thy house into the ark, for I have seen thee righteous before me in this generation.
And the Lord said to him: “Enter the ark, you and all your house. For I have seen you to be just in my sight, within this generation.
2 Of every clean beast thou shall take to thee by sevens, the male and his female. And of the beasts that are not clean two, the male and his female.
From all the clean animals, take seven and seven, the male and the female. Yet truly, from animals that are unclean, take two and two, the male and the female.
3 Also of the birds of the heavens by sevens, male and female, to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
But also from the birds of the air, take seven and seven, the male and the female, so that offspring may be saved upon the face of the whole earth.
4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights, and every living thing that I have made I will destroy from off the face of the ground.
For from that point, and after seven days, I will rain upon the earth for forty days and forty nights. And I will wipe away every substance that I have made, from the surface of the earth.”
5 And Noah did according to all that Jehovah commanded him.
Therefore, Noah did all things just as the Lord had commanded him.
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
And he was six hundred years old when the waters of the great flood inundated the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
And Noah entered into the ark, and his sons, his wife, and the wives of his sons with him, because of the waters of the great flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creeps upon the ground,
And from the animals both clean and unclean, and from the birds, and from everything that moves upon the earth,
9 there went in two by two to Noah into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noah.
two by two they were brought into the ark to Noah, male and female, just as the Lord had instructed Noah.
10 And it came to pass after the seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
And when seven days had passed, the waters of the great flood inundated the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great abyss were released, and the floodgates of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
And rain came upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.
13 In the selfsame day Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, entered into the ark,
On the very same day, Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark.
14 they, and every beast according to its kind, and all the cattle according to their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth according to its kind, and every bird according to its kind, every bird of every sort.
They and every animal according to its kind, and all the cattle in their kind, and everything that moves upon the earth in their kind, and every flying thing according to its kind, all the birds and all that can fly,
15 And they went in to Noah into the ark, two by two of all flesh in which is the breath of life.
entered the ark to Noah, two by two out of all that is flesh, in which there was the breath of life.
16 And those that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him. And Jehovah shut him in.
And those that entered went in male and female, from all that is flesh, just as God had instructed him. And then the Lord closed him in from the outside.
17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth. And the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.
And the great flood occurred for forty days upon the earth. And the waters were increased, and they lifted the ark high above the land.
18 And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
For they overflowed greatly, and they filled everything on the surface of the earth. And then the ark was carried across the waters.
19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth, and all the high mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered,
And the waters prevailed beyond measure across the earth. And all the lofty mountains under the whole heaven were covered.
20 fifteen cubits upward. The waters prevailed, and the mountains were covered.
The water was fifteen cubits higher than the mountains which it covered.
21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, from birds, to cattle, to beasts, and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth, and every man.
And all flesh was consumed which moved upon the earth: flying things, animals, wild beasts, and all moving things that crawl upon the ground. And all men,
22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was on the dry land, died.
and everything in which there is the breath of life on earth, died.
23 And every living thing was destroyed that was upon the face of the ground, from man, to cattle, to creeping things, and birds of the heavens, and they were destroyed from the earth. And only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ark.
And he wiped away all substance that was upon the earth, from man to animal, the crawling things just as much as the flying things of the air. And they were wiped away from the earth. But only Noah remained, and those who were with him in the ark.
24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.
And the waters possessed the earth for one hundred and fifty days.
The Great Flood
