< Genesis 7 >
1 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.
Yahweh said to Noah, “Come, you and all your household, into the ark, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation.
2 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.
Of every clean animal you will bring with you seven males and seven females. From the animals that are not clean, of them bring two, the male and his mate.
3 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.
Also of the birds of the sky, bring seven males and seven females, to preserve their offspring upon the surface of all the earth.
4 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."
For in seven days I will cause it to rain upon the earth for forty days and forty nights. I will destroy from off the surface of the ground every living thing that I have made.”
5 Noah did everything that God commanded him.
Noah did all that Yahweh commanded him.
6 Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came on the earth.
Noah was six hundred years old when the flood came upon the earth.
7 Noah went into the ship with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives, because of the waters of the flood.
Noah, his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives went into the ark together because of the waters of the flood.
8 Clean animals, animals that are not clean, flying creatures, and everything that crawls on the ground
Clean animals and unclean animals, birds, and everything that creeps upon the ground,
9 went by pairs to Noah into the ship, male and female, as God commanded Noah.
two by two, male and female, came to Noah and went into the ark, just as God had commanded Noah.
10 It happened after the seven days, that the waters of the flood came on the earth.
It came about that after the seven days, the waters of the flood came upon the earth.
11 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.
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 burst open, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 The rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.
The rain began and fell on the earth for forty days and forty nights.
13 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;
On that very same day Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, entered into the ark.
14 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.
They entered along with each wild animal according to its kind, and each sort of livestock according to its kind, and each creeping thing that creeps upon the earth according to its kind, and every sort of bird according to its kind, each kind of creature with wings.
15 They went to Noah into the ship, by pairs of all flesh with the breath of life in them.
Two of all flesh in which was the breath of life came to Noah and entered into the ark.
16 Those who went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him; and God shut him in.
The animals that went in were male and female of all flesh; they entered in just as God had commanded him. Then Yahweh shut the door after them.
17 The flood was forty days on the earth. The waters increased, and lifted up the ship, and it was lifted up above the earth.
Then the flood came upon the earth for forty days, and the water increased and lifted the ark and raised it above the earth.
18 The waters prevailed, and increased greatly on the earth; and the ship floated on the surface of the waters.
The waters completely covered over the earth, and the ark floated upon the surface of the water.
19 And the waters rose very high on the earth. And all the high mountains that were under the whole sky were covered.
The waters rose greatly on the earth so that all the high mountains that were under the entire sky were covered.
20 The waters rose and covered the highest mountains to a depth of more than twenty-six feet.
The waters rose fifteen cubits above the tops of the mountains.
21 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.
All living beings that moved upon the earth died—birds, livestock, wild animals, all the living creatures that lived in great numbers upon the earth, and all mankind.
22 All in whose nostrils breathed the breath of life, of all that was on the dry land, died.
All living creatures who lived on the land, who breathed the breath of life through their noses, died.
23 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.
So every living thing that was on the surface of the earth was wiped out, from mankind to the larger animals, to creeping things, and to birds of the sky. They were all destroyed from the earth. Only Noah and those with him in the ark were left.
24 The waters prevailed on the earth one hundred fifty days.
The waters stayed upon the earth for a hundred and fifty days.