Genesis 7

1 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.

The LORD said to Noah, “Come with all of your household into the ship, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.

2 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.

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 Also of the fowl of the heavens by sevens, male and female; to keep seed alive on the face of all the earth.

Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive on the surface of all the earth.

4 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.

In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. I will destroy every living thing that I have made from the surface of the ground.”

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

Noah did everything that the LORD commanded him.

6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was on the earth.

Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came on the earth.

7 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.

Noah went into the ship with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, because of the floodwaters.

8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowl, and of everything that creeps on the ground,

Clean animals, unclean animals, birds, and everything that creeps on the ground

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

went by pairs to Noah into the ship, male and female, as God commanded Noah.

10 And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were on the earth.

After the seven days, the floodwaters came on the earth.

11 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.

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the sky’s windows opened.

12 And the pour of rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.

It rained on the earth forty days and forty nights.

13 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;

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 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.

they, and every animal after its kind, all the livestock after their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort.

15 And they went to Noah, into the ark, two and two of all flesh, in which was the breath of life.

Pairs from all flesh with the breath of life in them went into the ship to Noah.

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

Those who went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him; then the LORD shut him in.

17 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.

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 And the waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth; and the ark went on the face of the waters.

The waters rose, and increased greatly on the earth; and the ship floated on the surface of the waters.

19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth; and all the high mountains that are under all the heavens were covered.

The waters rose very high on the earth. All the high mountains that were under the whole sky were covered.

20 Fifteen cubits upward the waters prevailed; and the mountains were covered.

The waters rose fifteen cubits higher, and the mountains were covered.

21 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:

All flesh died that moved on the earth, including birds, livestock, animals, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man.

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

All on the dry land, in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, died.

23 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.

Every living thing was destroyed that was on the surface of the ground, including man, livestock, creeping things, and birds 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 prevailed on the earth a hundred and fifty days.

The waters flooded the earth one hundred and fifty days.

The Great Flood