Genesis 7

1 Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.

And Jehovah said to Noah, Go into the ark, thou and all thy house; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

2 You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate;

Of all clean beasts thou shalt take to thee by sevens, a male and its female; but of the beasts that are not clean two, a male and its female.

3 and seven pairs of every kind of bird of the air, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of all the earth.

Also of the fowl of the heavens by sevens, male and female; to keep seed alive on the face of all the earth.

4 For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”

For in yet seven days I will cause it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living being which I have made will I destroy from the ground.

5 And Noah did all that the LORD had commanded him.

And Noah did according to all that Jehovah had commanded him.

6 Now Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth.

And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was on the earth.

7 And Noah and his wife, with his sons and their wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.

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.

8 The clean and unclean animals, the birds, and everything that crawls along the ground

Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowl, and of everything that creeps on the ground,

9 came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.

there came two and two unto Noah into the ark, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.

10 And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth.

And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were on the earth.

11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that same day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

12 And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.

And the pour of rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.

13 On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons—

On the same day went Noah, and Shem and Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;

14 they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.

they, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and all fowl after its kind — every bird of every wing.

15 They came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two of every creature with the breath of life.

And they went to Noah, into the ark, two and two of all flesh, in which was the breath of life.

16 And they entered, the male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.

And they that came, came male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him. And Jehovah shut him in.

17 For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.

And the flood was forty days on the earth. And the waters increased, and bore up the ark; and it was lifted up above the earth.

18 So the waters continued to surge and rise greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.

And the waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth; and the ark went on the face of the waters.

19 Finally, the waters completely inundated the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.

And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth; and all the high mountains that are under all the heavens were covered.

20 The waters rose and covered the mountaintops to a depth of fifteen cubits.

Fifteen cubits upward the waters prevailed; and the mountains were covered.

21 And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.

And all flesh that moved on the earth expired, fowl as well as cattle, and beasts, and all crawling things which crawl on the earth, and all mankind:

22 Of all that was on dry land, everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.

everything which had in its nostrils the breath of life, of all that was on the dry [land], died.

23 And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.

And every living being was destroyed that was on the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping things, and fowl of the heavens; and they were destroyed from the earth. And Noah alone remained, and what was with him in the ark.

24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth for 150 days.

And the waters prevailed on the earth a hundred and fifty days.

The Great Flood