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 Yahweh said to Noah, Enter thou and all thy house, 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 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.

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

5 Noah did all that Yahweh commanded him.

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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,

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

two and two, went they in unto Noah, into the ark male and female, —as God 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, in the seven days, —that the waters of the flood, came on 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, 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.

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

(And it came to pass that the heavy rain was on 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 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:

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 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.

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

So they entered in unto Noah, into the ark, —two and two of all flesh, wherein was the spirit 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 entered, male and female of all flesh, entered, as God commanded him, —and Yahweh shut him in round about.

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 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,

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, on the earth, —and the ark went its way on 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.

Yea the waters, prevailed very greatly, on the earth, —so that all the high mountains became covered, that were under all the heavens:

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

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

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 the spirit of life of all that were on the dry ground 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.

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.

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

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

The Great Flood