Genesis 7

1 And he said Yahweh to Noah go you and all household your into the ark for you I have seen righteous before me in the generation this.

And the LORde sayd vnto Noe: goo in to the arcke both thou and all thy houssold. For the haue I sene rightuous before me in thys generacion.

2 Of all - the livestock clean you will take for yourself seven seven a male and female its and of the animal[s] which not [is] clean it two a male and female its.

Of all clene beastes take vnto the. vij. of every kynde the male and hys female And of vnclene beastes a payre the male and hys female:

3 Also of [the] bird[s] of the heavens seven seven male and female to preserve alive offspring on [the] surface of all the earth.

lykewyse of the byrdes of the ayre vij. of every kynde male and female to save seed vppon all the erth.

4 For to days yet seven I [am] about to bring rain on the earth forty day[s] and forty night[s] and I will wipe all the existence which I have made from on [the] surface of the ground.

For. vij. dayes hence wyll I send rayne vppo the erth. xl. dayes and. xl. nyghtes and wyll dystroy all maner of thynges that I haue made from of the face of the erth.

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

And Noe dyd acordynge to all yt the lorde comaunded hym:

6 And Noah [was] a son of six hundred year[s] and the flood was water on the earth.

and Noe was. vi. hundred yere olde when the floud of water came vppon the erth:

7 And he went Noah and sons his and wife his and [the] wives of sons his with him into the ark because of [the] waters of the flood.

and Noe went and his sonnes and his wyfe and his sonnes wyves wyth hym in to the arke from the waters of the floud.

8 Of the animal[s] clean and of the animal[s] which not [was] it clean and of the bird[s] and all that [was] creeping on the ground.

And of clene beastes and of beastes that ware vnclene and of byrdes and of all that crepeth vppo the erth

9 Two two they came to Noah into the ark male and female just as he had commanded God Noah.

came in by cooples of every kynde vnto Noe in to the arke: a male and a female: even as God commaunded Noe.

10 And it was to [the] seven the days and [the] waters of the flood they were on the earth.

And the seventh daye the waters of the floud came vppon the erth.

11 In year six hundred year of [the] life of Noah in the month second on [the] seven-teen day of the month on the day this they were split open all [the] springs of [the] deep great and [the] floodgates of the heavens they were opened.

In the. vi. hundred yere of Noes lyfe in the secode moneth in the. xvij daye of the moneth yt same daye were all the founteynes of the grete depe broken vp and the wyndowes of heave were opened

12 And it was the rain on the earth forty day[s] and forty night[s].

ad there fell a rayne vpon the erth. xl. dayes and. xl. nyghtes.

13 On [the] substance of the day this he went Noah and Shem and Ham and Japheth [the] sons of Noah and [the] wife of Noah and [the] three [the] wives of sons his with them into the ark.

And the selfe same daye went Noe Sem Ham and Iapheth Noes sonnes and Noes wyfe and the. iij. wyues of his sonnes wyth them in to the arke:

14 They and every animal to kind its and all the livestock to kind its and every creeping thing which creeps on the earth to kind its and every bird to kind its every bird every wing.

both they and all maner of beastes in their kide and all maner of catell in their kynde and all maner of wormes that crepe vppon the erth in their kynde and all maner of byrdes in there kynde. and all maner off foules what soever had feders.

15 And they came to Noah into the ark two two of all flesh which [was] in it [the] breath of life.

And they came vnto Noe in to the arke by cooples of all flesh yt had breth of lyfe in it.

16 And those [which] came male and female of all flesh they came just as he had commanded him God and he closed Yahweh behind him.

And they that came came male ad female of every flesh acordige as God comaunded hym: and ye LORde shytt the dore vppo him

17 And it was the flood forty day[s] on the earth and they increased the waters and they lifted the ark and it rose from on the earth.

And the floud came. xl. dayes and. xl. nyghtes vppon the erth and the water increased and bare vp the arcke ad it was lifte vp from of the erth

18 And they increased the waters and they increased exceedingly on the earth and it went the ark on [the] surface of the waters.

And the water prevayled and increased exceadingly vppon the erth: and the arke went vppo he toppe of the waters.

19 And the waters they increased exceedingly exceedingly on the earth and they were covered all the mountains high which [were] under all the heavens.

And the waters prevayled excedingly above mesure vppo the erth so that all the hye hylles which are vnder all the partes of heaven were covered:

20 Fif-teen cubit[s] from to above they increased the waters and they were covered the mountains.

eve. xv. cubytes hye prevayled the waters so that the hylles were covered.

21 And it died all flesh - which crept on the earth among the bird[s] and among the livestock and among the animal[s] and among every swarming thing which swarms on the earth and every human.

And all fleshe that moved on the erth bothe birdes catell and beastes perisshed with al that crepte on the erth and all men:

22 All that [the] breath of [the] breath of life [was] in nostrils its from all that [was] on the dry ground they died.

so that all that had the breth of liffe in the nostrels of it thorow out all that was on drye lond dyed.

23 And he wiped out all the existence - which - [was] on [the] surface of the ground from humankind unto animal[s] unto creeping thing[s] and unto [the] bird[s] of the heavens and they were wiped out from the earth and he was left only Noah and which [were] with him in the ark.

Thus was destroyed all that was vppo the erth both man beastes wormes and foules of the ayre so that they were destroyed from the erth: save Noe was reserved only and they that were wyth hym in the arke.

24 And they increased the waters on the earth fifty and one hundred day[s].

And the waters prevayled vppon the erth an hundred and fyftye dayes.

The Great Flood