Genesis 7

1 And Jehovah saith to Noah, 'Come in, thou and all thy house, unto the ark, for thee I have 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 thou dost take to thee seven pairs, a male and its female; and of the beasts which are not clean two, a male and its 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 fowl of the heavens seven pairs, a male and a female, to keep alive 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 after other seven days I am sending rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and have wiped away all the substance that 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 doth according to all that Jehovah hath commanded him:

Noah did everything that God commanded him.

6 and Noah [is] a son of six hundred years, and the deluge of waters hath been upon the earth.

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

7 And Noah goeth in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, unto the ark, from the presence of the waters of the deluge;

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

8 of the clean beasts and of the beasts that [are] not clean, and of the fowl, and of every thing that is creeping upon the ground,

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

9 two by two they have come in unto Noah, unto the ark, a male and a female, as God hath commanded Noah.

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

10 And it cometh to pass, after the seventh of the days, that waters of the deluge have been 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 of the life of Noah, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, in this day have been broken up all fountains of the great deep, and the net-work of the heavens hath been 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 were burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened.

12 and the shower is on the earth forty days and forty nights.

The rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.

13 In this self-same day went in Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, sons of Noah, and Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons with them, unto 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 every living creature after its kind, and every beast after its kind, and every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth after its kind, and every fowl after its kind, every bird — 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 And they come in unto Noah, unto the ark, two by two of all the flesh in which [is] a living spirit;

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

16 and they that are coming in, male and female of all flesh, have come in as God hath commanded him, and Jehovah doth close [it] for him.

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

17 And the deluge is forty days on the earth, and the waters multiply, and lift up the ark, and it is raised up from off 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 are mighty, and multiply exceedingly upon the earth; and the ark goeth 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 And the waters have been very very mighty on the earth, and covered are all the high mountains which [are] under the whole 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 have the waters become mighty, and the mountains are covered;

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

21 and expire doth all flesh that is moving on the earth, among fowl, and among cattle, and among beasts, and among all the teeming things which are teeming 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 [is] breath of a living spirit — of all that [is] in the dry land — have died.

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

23 And wiped away is all the substance that is on the face of the ground, from man unto beast, unto creeping thing, and unto fowl of the heavens; yea, they are wiped away from the earth, and only Noah is left, and those who [are] 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 and the waters are mighty on the earth a hundred and fifty days.

The waters prevailed on the earth one hundred fifty days.

The Great Flood