בראשית 7
| וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה לְנֹחַ בֹּֽא־אַתָּה וְכׇל־בֵּיתְךָ אֶל־הַתֵּבָה כִּֽי־אֹתְךָ רָאִיתִי צַדִּיק לְפָנַי בַּדּוֹר הַזֶּֽה׃ | 1 |
Then Yahweh said to Noah, “I have seen that out of everyone who is now living, you alone always act righteously. So you and all your family go into the boat.
| מִכֹּל ׀ הַבְּהֵמָה הַטְּהוֹרָה תִּֽקַּח־לְךָ שִׁבְעָה שִׁבְעָה אִישׁ וְאִשְׁתּוֹ וּמִן־הַבְּהֵמָה אֲשֶׁר לֹא טְהֹרָה הִוא שְׁנַיִם אִישׁ וְאִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃ | 2 |
Take with you seven pairs of every kind of animal that I have said I will accept for sacrifices. Take seven males and seven females. Also take a male and a female from every kind of animal that I have said that I will not accept for sacrifices.
| גַּם מֵעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם שִׁבְעָה שִׁבְעָה זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה לְחַיּוֹת זֶרַע עַל־פְּנֵי כׇל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ | 3 |
Also take seven pairs of every kind of bird from all over the earth to keep them alive.
| כִּי לְיָמִים עוֹד שִׁבְעָה אָֽנֹכִי מַמְטִיר עַל־הָאָרֶץ אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם וְאַרְבָּעִים לָיְלָה וּמָחִיתִי אֶֽת־כׇּל־הַיְקוּם אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי מֵעַל פְּנֵי הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃ | 4 |
Do this because seven days from now I will cause rain to fall on the earth. It will rain constantly for 40 days and nights. By doing that, I will destroy everything that I have made that is on the earth.”
| וַיַּעַשׂ נֹחַ כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּהוּ יְהֹוָֽה׃ | 5 |
Noah did everything that Yahweh told him to do.
| וְנֹחַ בֶּן־שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וְהַמַּבּוּל הָיָה מַיִם עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ | 6 |
Noah was 600 years old when the flood covered the earth.
| וַיָּבֹא נֹחַ וּבָנָיו וְאִשְׁתּוֹ וּנְשֵֽׁי־בָנָיו אִתּוֹ אֶל־הַתֵּבָה מִפְּנֵי מֵי הַמַּבּֽוּל׃ | 7 |
Before it started to rain, Noah and his wife and his sons went into the boat to escape from the flood water.
| מִן־הַבְּהֵמָה הַטְּהוֹרָה וּמִן־הַבְּהֵמָה אֲשֶׁר אֵינֶנָּה טְהֹרָה וּמִן־הָעוֹף וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר־רֹמֵשׂ עַל־הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃ | 8 |
Pairs of animals, those that God said that he would accept for sacrifices and those that he would not accept for sacrifices, and pairs of birds and pairs of all the kinds of creatures that move close to the ground,
| שְׁנַיִם שְׁנַיִם בָּאוּ אֶל־נֹחַ אֶל־הַתֵּבָה זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה כַּֽאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה אֱלֹהִים אֶת־נֹֽחַ׃ | 9 |
males and females, came to Noah and then went into the boat, just as God told Noah that they would do.
| וַיְהִי לְשִׁבְעַת הַיָּמִים וּמֵי הַמַּבּוּל הָיוּ עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ | 10 |
Seven days later, it started to rain and a flood began to cover the earth.
| בִּשְׁנַת שֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה לְחַיֵּי־נֹחַ בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי בְּשִׁבְעָֽה־עָשָׂר יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ בַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה נִבְקְעוּ כׇּֽל־מַעְיְנֹת תְּהוֹם רַבָּה וַאֲרֻבֹּת הַשָּׁמַיִם נִפְתָּֽחוּ׃ | 11 |
When Noah was 600 years old, (on the 17th day of the second month [of that year/late in October]), all the water that is under the surface of the earth burst forth, and it began to rain so hard that it was as though a dam [MET] in the sky burst open.
| וַיְהִי הַגֶּשֶׁם עַל־הָאָרֶץ אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם וְאַרְבָּעִים לָֽיְלָה׃ | 12 |
Rain fell on the earth constantly for 40 days and nights.
| בְּעֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה בָּא נֹחַ וְשֵׁם־וְחָם וָיֶפֶת בְּנֵי־נֹחַ וְאֵשֶׁת נֹחַ וּשְׁלֹשֶׁת נְשֵֽׁי־בָנָיו אִתָּם אֶל־הַתֵּבָֽה׃ | 13 |
On the day that it started to rain, Noah went into the boat with his wife, and his three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth and their wives.
| הֵמָּה וְכׇל־הַֽחַיָּה לְמִינָהּ וְכׇל־הַבְּהֵמָה לְמִינָהּ וְכׇל־הָרֶמֶשׂ הָרֹמֵשׂ עַל־הָאָרֶץ לְמִינֵהוּ וְכׇל־הָעוֹף לְמִינֵהוּ כֹּל צִפּוֹר כׇּל־כָּנָֽף׃ | 14 |
They had already put in the boat some of every kind of wild animal and every kind of livestock and every kind of bird and every other creature that has wings.
| וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל־נֹחַ אֶל־הַתֵּבָה שְׁנַיִם שְׁנַיִם מִכׇּל־הַבָּשָׂר אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ רוּחַ חַיִּֽים׃ | 15 |
Pairs of all animals came to Noah and entered the boat.
| וְהַבָּאִים זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה מִכׇּל־בָּשָׂר בָּאוּ כַּֽאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה אֹתוֹ אֱלֹהִים וַיִּסְגֹּר יְהֹוָה בַּֽעֲדֽוֹ׃ | 16 |
There was a male and a female of each animal that came to Noah, just as God had said they would do. After they were all in the boat, God shut the door.
| וַֽיְהִי הַמַּבּוּל אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם עַל־הָאָרֶץ וַיִּרְבּוּ הַמַּיִם וַיִּשְׂאוּ אֶת־הַתֵּבָה וַתָּרׇם מֵעַל הָאָֽרֶץ׃ | 17 |
It rained for 40 days and nights, and the flood increased. It flooded until the water lifted the boat above the ground.
| וַיִּגְבְּרוּ הַמַּיִם וַיִּרְבּוּ מְאֹד עַל־הָאָרֶץ וַתֵּלֶךְ הַתֵּבָה עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם׃ | 18 |
As he water rose higher and higher, the boat floated on the surface of the water.
| וְהַמַּיִם גָּבְרוּ מְאֹד מְאֹד עַל־הָאָרֶץ וַיְכֻסּוּ כׇּל־הֶֽהָרִים הַגְּבֹהִים אֲשֶׁר־תַּחַת כׇּל־הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ | 19 |
The water rose all over the earth until it covered all the mountains.
| חֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה אַמָּה מִלְמַעְלָה גָּבְרוּ הַמָּיִם וַיְכֻסּוּ הֶהָרִֽים׃ | 20 |
Even the highest mountains were covered by more than (20 feet/6 meters) of water.
| וַיִּגְוַע כׇּל־בָּשָׂר ׀ הָרֹמֵשׂ עַל־הָאָרֶץ בָּעוֹף וּבַבְּהֵמָה וּבַחַיָּה וּבְכׇל־הַשֶּׁרֶץ הַשֹּׁרֵץ עַל־הָאָרֶץ וְכֹל הָאָדָֽם׃ | 21 |
As a result, every living creature on the surface of the earth died. That included birds and livestock and wild animals and other creatures that scurry across the ground, and all the people.
| כֹּל אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁמַת־רוּחַ חַיִּים בְּאַפָּיו מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר בֶּחָֽרָבָה מֵֽתוּ׃ | 22 |
On the land, (everything that breathed/every living thing) died.
| וַיִּמַח אֶֽת־כׇּל־הַיְקוּם ׀ אֲשֶׁר ׀ עַל־פְּנֵי הָֽאֲדָמָה מֵאָדָם עַד־בְּהֵמָה עַד־רֶמֶשׂ וְעַד־עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וַיִּמָּחוּ מִן־הָאָרֶץ וַיִּשָּׁאֶר אַךְ־נֹחַ וַֽאֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ בַּתֵּבָֽה׃ | 23 |
God destroyed every living creature: People and animals and creatures that scurry across the ground and birds. Only Noah and those who were in the boat with him remained alive.
| וַיִּגְבְּרוּ הַמַּיִם עַל־הָאָרֶץ חֲמִשִּׁים וּמְאַת יֽוֹם׃ | 24 |
The flood remained like that on the earth for 150 days.
The Great Flood
