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 unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; 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 every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that [are] not clean by 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.

Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon 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 yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.

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

And Noah did according unto all that the LORD 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 upon 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 fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,

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

There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the 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 upon 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, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

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

And the rain was upon 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.

In the selfsame day entered 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 his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.

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 in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein [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.

And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD 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 upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift 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 were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon 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 upon the earth; and all the high hills, that [were] under the whole heaven, were covered.

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

Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; 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 died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:

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

All in whose nostrils [was] the breath of life, of all that [was] in 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 substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained [alive], and they that [were] with him in the ark.

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

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

The Great Flood