Genesis 7

1 And the Lord said to Noah, Take all your family and go into the ark, for you only in this generation have I seen to be upright.

And the Lord said to him: Go in thou and all thy house into the ark: for thee I have seen just before me in this generation.

2 Of every clean beast you will take seven males and seven females, and of the beasts which are not clean, two, the male and his female;

Of all clean beasts take seven and seven, the male and the female.

3 And of the birds of the air, seven males and seven females, so that their seed may still be living on the face of the earth.

But of the beasts that are unclean two and two, the male and the female. Of the fowls also of the air seven and seven, the male and the female: that seed may be saved upon the face of the whole earth.

4 For after seven days I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, for the destruction of every living thing which I have made on the face of the earth.

For yet a while, and after seven days, I will rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and I will destroy every substance that I have made, from the face of the earth.

5 And Noah did everything which the Lord said he was to do.

And Noe did all things which the Lord had commanded him.

6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the waters came flowing over all the earth.

And he was six hundred years old, when the waters of the flood overflowed the earth.

7 And Noah, with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives, went into the ark because of the flowing of the waters.

And Noe went in and his sons, his wife and the wives of his sons with him into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.

8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts which are not clean, and of birds, and of everything which goes on the earth,

And of beasts clean and unclean, and of fowls, and of every thing that moveth upon the earth,

9 In twos, male and female, they went into the ark with Noah, as God had said.

Two and two went in to Noe into the ark, male and female, as the Lord had commanded Noe.

10 And after the seven days, the waters came over all the earth.

And after the seven days were passed, the waters of the flood overflowed the earth.

11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep came bursting through, and the windows of heaven were open;

In the six hundredth year of the life of Noe, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the flood gates of heaven were opened:

12 And rain came down on the earth for forty days and forty nights.

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

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

In the selfsame day Noe, and Sem, and Cham, and Japheth his sons: his wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, went into the ark:

14 And with them, every sort of beast and cattle, and every sort of thing which goes on the earth, and every sort of bird.

They and every beast according to its kind, and all the cattle in their kind, and every thing that moveth upon the earth according to its kind, and every fowl according to its kind, all birds, and all that fly,

15 They went with Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh in which is the breath of life.

Went in to Noe into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein was the breath of life.

16 Male and female of all flesh went in, as God had said, and the ark was shut by the Lord.

And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in on the outside.

17 And for forty days the waters were over all the earth; and the waters were increased so that the ark was lifted up high over the earth.

And the flood was forty days upon the earth, and the waters increased, and lifted up the ark on high from the earth.

18 And the waters overcame everything and were increased greatly on the earth, and the ark was resting on the face of the waters.

For they overflowed exceedingly: and filled all on the face of the earth: and the ark was carried upon the waters.

19 And the waters overcame everything on the earth; and all the mountains under heaven were covered.

And the waters prevailed beyond measure upon the earth: and all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered.

20 The waters went fifteen cubits higher, till all the mountains were covered.

The water was fifteen cubits higher than the mountains which it covered.

21 And destruction came on every living thing moving on the earth, birds and cattle and beasts and everything which went on the earth, and every man.

And all flesh was destroyed that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beasts, and of all creeping things that creep upon the earth: and all men.

22 Everything on the dry land, in which was the breath of life, came to its end.

And all things wherein there is the breath of life on the earth, died.

23 Every living thing on the face of all the earth, man and cattle and things moving on the face of the earth, and birds of the air, came to destruction: only Noah and those who were with him in the ark, were kept from death.

And he destroyed all the substance that was upon the earth, from man even to beast, and the creeping things and fowls of the air: and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noe only remained, and they that were with him in the ark.

24 And the waters were over the earth a hundred and fifty days.

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

The Great Flood