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.
Yahweh said to Noah, “Come, you and all your household, into the ark, for I have seen that you are 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 every clean animal you will bring with you seven males and seven females. From the animals that are not clean, of them bring two, the male and his mate.
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 birds of the sky, bring seven males and seven females, to preserve their offspring upon the surface 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 seven days I will cause it to rain upon the earth for forty days and forty nights. I will destroy from off the surface of the ground every living thing that I have made.”
5 And Noah did all that the LORD had commanded him.
Noah did all that Yahweh commanded him.
6 Now Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth.
Noah was six hundred years old when the flood came upon the earth.
7 And Noah and his wife, with his sons and their wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
Noah, his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives went into the ark together because of the waters of the flood.
8 The clean and unclean animals, the birds, and everything that crawls along the ground
Clean animals and unclean animals, birds, and everything that creeps upon the ground,
9 came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.
two by two, male and female, came to Noah and went into the ark, just as God had commanded Noah.
10 And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth.
It came about that after the seven days, the waters of the flood came upon 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 the same day, all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.
The rain began and fell on the earth for 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 that very same day Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, entered into the ark.
14 they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.
They entered along with each wild animal according to its kind, and each sort of livestock according to its kind, and each creeping thing that creeps upon the earth according to its kind, and every sort of bird according to its kind, each kind of creature with wings.
15 They came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two of every creature with the breath of life.
Two of all flesh in which was the breath of life came to Noah and entered into the ark.
16 And they entered, the male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.
The animals that went in were male and female of all flesh; they entered in just as God had commanded him. Then Yahweh shut the door after them.
17 For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.
Then the flood came upon the earth for forty days, and the water increased and lifted the ark and raised it 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.
The waters completely covered over the earth, and the ark floated upon the surface of the water.
19 Finally, the waters completely inundated the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.
The waters rose greatly on the earth so that all the high mountains that were under the entire sky were covered.
20 The waters rose and covered the mountaintops to a depth of fifteen cubits.
The waters rose fifteen cubits above the tops of the mountains.
21 And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.
All living beings that moved upon the earth died—birds, livestock, wild animals, all the living creatures that lived in great numbers upon the earth, and all mankind.
22 Of all that was on dry land, everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.
All living creatures who lived on the land, who breathed the breath of life through their noses, 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.
So every living thing that was on the surface of the earth was wiped out, from mankind to the larger animals, to creeping things, and to birds of the sky. They were all destroyed from the earth. Only Noah and those with him in the ark were left.
24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth for 150 days.
The waters stayed upon the earth for a hundred and fifty days.
The Great Flood
