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 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 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.

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

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

Noah did everything that God commanded him.

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

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

Noah went into the ship with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives, because of the waters of the 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,

Clean animals, animals that are not clean, flying creatures, and everything that crawls on the ground

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

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

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

It happened after the seven days, that the waters of the flood came on 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 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 it came to pass that the heavy rain was on the earth, —forty days and forty nights.)

The rain was on the earth 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:

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

They went to Noah into the ship, by pairs of all flesh with the breath of life in them.

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

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

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,

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 its way on the face of the waters.

The waters prevailed, and increased greatly on the earth; and the ship floated on the surface of 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 rose very high on the earth. And all the high mountains that were under the whole sky were covered.

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

The waters rose and covered the highest mountains to a depth of more than twenty-six feet.

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

All in whose nostrils breathed the breath of life, of all that was on the dry land, 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.

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

The waters prevailed on the earth one hundred fifty days.

The Great Flood