Genesis 7

1 And Yahweh said to Noah, Enter thou and all thy house, into the ark, —for, thee, have I seen righteous before me, in this generation.

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.

2 Of all the clean beasts, shalt thou take to thee by sevens, a male and his female, —and, of the beasts that are not clean, shall be two a male and his female.

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.

3 Also of the bird of the heavens, by sevens, male and female, —to keep alive a seed on the face of all the earth.

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.

4 For in seven days more, I, am sending rain on the earth, forty days and forty nights, —so will I wipe out all the living things which I have made, from off the face of the ground.

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.”

5 And Noah did, —according to all that Yahweh commanded him.

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

6 Now, Noah, was six hundred years old, —when, the flood, came, even waters on the earth.

And he was six hundred years old when the waters of the great flood inundated the earth.

7 So Noah entered, and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him into the ark, —from before the waters of the flood,

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.

8 Of the beasts that were clean, and of the beasts that were not clean, —and of the birds, and everything that creepeth on the ground,

And from the animals both clean and unclean, and from the birds, and from everything that moves upon the earth,

9 two and two, went they in unto Noah, into the ark male and female, —as God commanded Noah.

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

10 And it came to pass, in the seven days, —that the waters of the flood, came on the earth.

And when seven days had passed, the waters of the great flood inundated the earth.

11 In the six hundredth year, the year of the life of Noah. in the second month on the seventeenth day of the month on this day, were burst open all the fountains of the great roaring deep, and the windows of the heavens, were set open.

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.

12 (And it came to pass that the heavy rain was on the earth, —forty days and forty nights.)

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

13 On this selfsame day, entered Noah, and Shem and Ham and Japheth. Noah’s sons, —and Noah’s wife, and his sons’ three wives with them into the ark:

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.

14 they, and all the wild-beasts after their kind and all the tame-beasts after their kind, and all the creeping things that creep on the earth after their kind, —and all the birds after their kind, every bird of every wing.

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,

15 So they entered in unto Noah, into the ark, —two and two of all flesh, wherein was the spirit of life.

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

16 And, they that entered, male and female of all flesh, entered, as God commanded him, —and Yahweh shut him in round about.

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.

17 And it came to pass, that the flood was forty days on the earth, —and the waters increased and bare up the ark, and it was lifted high above the earth,

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.

18 And the waters prevailed and increased greatly, on the earth, —and the ark went its way on the face of the waters.

For they overflowed greatly, and they filled everything on the surface of the earth. And then the ark was carried across the waters.

19 Yea the waters, prevailed very greatly, on the earth, —so that all the high mountains became covered, that were under all the heavens:

And the waters prevailed beyond measure across the earth. And all the lofty mountains under the whole heaven were covered.

20 fifteen cubits upwards, prevailed the waters, so that the mountains became covered.

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

21 And all flesh ceased to breathe that moved on the earth, of birds and of tame-beasts and of wild-beasts, and of all the swarming things that swarm on the earth, —and all mankind.

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,

22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life of all that were on the dry ground died.

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

23 Thus was wiped out all that existed on the face of the ground, from man unto beast unto creeping thing, and unto the bird of the heavens, thus were they wiped out from the earth, —so that there was left—only Noah and they that were with him in the ark.

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.

24 Thus prevailed the waters on the earth, —a hundred and fifty days.

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

The Great Flood