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 God said to Noah, "Come with all of your household into the ship, for I have seen your righteousness 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.
You shall take seven pairs of every clean animal with you, the male and his female. Of the animals that are not clean, take 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.
Also of the clean flying creatures of the sky, seven pairs, a male and a female, and of all the unclean flying creatures, one pair, a male and a female, to preserve their offspring on the surface 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.”
In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. Every living thing that I have made, I will destroy from the surface of the ground."
5 Therefore, Noah did all things just as the Lord had commanded him.
Noah did everything that God commanded him.
6 And he was six hundred years old when the waters of the great flood inundated the earth.
Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came 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.
Noah went into the ship with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives, 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,
Clean animals, animals that are not clean, flying creatures, and everything that crawls 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.
went by pairs to Noah into the ship, male and female, as God commanded Noah.
10 And when seven days had passed, the waters of the great flood inundated the earth.
It happened after the seven days, that the waters of the flood came 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 the same day all the fountains of the great deep were burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened.
12 And rain came upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.
The 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.
In the same day Noah, and Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, entered into the ship;
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 wild animal after its kind, and every tame animal after their kind, every creature that crawls on the earth after its kind, and every flying creature after its kind, everything with wings.
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 to Noah into the ship, by pairs of all flesh with the breath of life in them.
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.
Those who went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him; and God 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.
The flood was forty days on the earth. The waters increased, and lifted up the ship, 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.
The waters prevailed, and increased greatly on the earth; and the ship floated on the surface 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 rose very high on the earth. And all the high mountains that were under the whole sky were covered.
20 The water was fifteen cubits higher than the mountains which it covered.
The waters rose and covered the highest mountains to a depth of more than twenty-six feet.
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 on the earth, flying creatures, and tame animals, and wild animals, and every creature that crawls on the earth, and all humankind.
22 and everything in which there is the breath of life on earth, died.
All in whose nostrils breathed 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.
Every living thing was destroyed that was on the surface of the ground, including people, animals, crawling creatures, and flying creatures of the sky. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ship.
24 And the waters possessed the earth for one hundred and fifty days.
The waters prevailed on the earth one hundred fifty days.
The Great Flood
