Genesis 7

1 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.

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.

2 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.

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;

3 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.

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.

4 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.”

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.

5 Therefore, Noah did all things just as the Lord had commanded him.

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

6 And he was six hundred years old when the waters of the great flood inundated the earth.

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

7 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.

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

8 And from the animals both clean and unclean, and from the birds, and from everything that moves upon the earth,

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

9 two by two they were brought into the ark to Noah, male and female, just as the Lord had instructed Noah.

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

10 And when seven days had passed, the waters of the great flood inundated the earth.

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

11 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.

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;

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

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

13 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.

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

14 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,

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

15 entered the ark to Noah, two by two out of all that is flesh, in which there was the breath of life.

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

16 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.

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

17 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.

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.

18 For they overflowed greatly, and they filled everything on the surface of the earth. And then the ark was carried across the waters.

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

19 And the waters prevailed beyond measure across the earth. And all the lofty mountains under the whole heaven were covered.

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

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

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

21 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,

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.

22 and everything in which there is the breath of life on earth, died.

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

23 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.

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.

24 And the waters possessed the earth for one hundred and fifty days.

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

The Great Flood