Genesis 7

1 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.

And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy household into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

2 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.

Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee seven pairs of each, the male and his female; and of beasts that are not clean two, the male and his female.

3 Also of the birds of the sky, bring seven males and seven females, to preserve their offspring upon the surface of all the earth.

Also of the fowls of the heaven, seven pairs of each, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

4 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.”

For after only seven days more, I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights: and I will blot out every living substance that I have made from off the face of the earth.

5 Noah did all that Yahweh commanded him.

And Noah did all just as the Lord had commanded him.

6 Noah was six hundred years old when the flood came upon the earth.

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

7 Noah, his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives went into the ark together because of the waters of the flood.

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.

8 Clean animals and unclean animals, birds, and everything that creeps upon the ground,

Of the clean beasts, and of the beasts that are not clean, and of the fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,

9 two by two, male and female, came to Noah and went into the ark, just as God had commanded Noah.

One pair of each went in unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.

10 It came about that after the seven days, the waters of the flood came upon the earth.

And it came to pass, after the seven days, that the waters of the flood were 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 burst open, 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 this same day, were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

12 The rain began and fell on the earth for forty days and forty nights.

And the rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

13 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.

On that self-same day entered 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;

14 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.

They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird, every thing that hath wings.

15 Two of all flesh in which was the breath of life came to Noah and entered into the ark.

And they went in unto Noah into the ark, one pair of each, of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.

16 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.

And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and then the Lord shut him in.

17 Then the flood came upon the earth for forty days, and the water increased and lifted the ark and raised it above the earth.

And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.

18 The waters completely covered over the earth, and the ark floated upon the surface of the water.

And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark floated along upon the face of the waters.

19 The waters rose greatly on the earth so that all the high mountains that were under the entire sky were covered.

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

20 The waters rose fifteen cubits above the tops of the mountains.

Fifteen cubits above them did the waters prevail; and the mountains were [thus] covered.

21 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.

And all flesh perished that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man.

22 All living creatures who lived on the land, who breathed the breath of life through their noses, died.

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

23 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.

And it swept off every living substance which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping things, and fowls of the heaven; and they were swept from the earth; and Noah only was left, together with those that were with him in the ark.

24 The waters stayed upon the earth for a hundred and fifty days.

And the waters prevailed upon the earth one hundred and fifty days.

The Great Flood