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 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 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 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 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.

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

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

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 flood of waters was on 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 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 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 that are not clean, and of fowl, and of everything that creeps on the ground,

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

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

10 And when seven days had passed, the waters of the great flood inundated 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 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, on that same day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

12 And rain came 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 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 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 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,

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

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

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 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 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 prevailed and increased greatly on the earth; and the ark went 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 prevailed exceedingly on the earth; and all the high mountains that are under all the heavens were covered.

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

Fifteen cubits upward the waters prevailed; and 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 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 and everything in which there is the breath of life on earth, died.

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

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.

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 possessed the earth for one hundred and fifty days.

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

The Great Flood