Genesis 7

1 And the Lord said to him: Go in thou and all thy house into the ark: for thee I have seen just before me in this generation.

And the Lord God said to Noe, Enter you and all your family into the ark, for you have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

2 Of all clean beasts take seven and seven, the male and the female.

And of the clean cattle take in to you sevens, male and female, and of the unclean cattle pairs male and female.

3 But of the beasts that are unclean two and two, the male and the female. Of the fowls also of the air seven and seven, the male and the female: that seed may be saved upon the face of the whole earth.

And of clean flying creatures of the sky sevens, male and female, and of all unclean flying creatures pairs, male and female, to maintain seed on all the earth.

4 For yet a while, and after seven days, I will rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and I will destroy every substance that I have made, from the face of the earth.

For yet seven days [having passed] I bring rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will blot out every offspring which I have made from the face of all the earth.

5 And Noe did all things which the Lord had commanded him.

And Noe [did] all things whatever the Lord God commanded him.

6 And he was six hundred years old, when the waters of the flood overflowed the earth.

And Noe was six hundred years old when the flood of water was upon the earth.

7 And Noe went in and his sons, his wife and the wives of his sons with him into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.

And then went in Noe and his sons and his wife, and his sons' wives with him into the ark, because of the water of the flood.

8 And of beasts clean and unclean, and of fowls, and of every thing that moveth upon the earth,

And of clean flying creatures and of unclean flying creatures, and of clean cattle and of unclean cattle, and of all things that creep upon the earth,

9 Two and two went in to Noe into the ark, male and female, as the Lord had commanded Noe.

pairs went in to Noe into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noe.

10 And after the seven days were passed, the waters of the flood overflowed the earth.

And it came to pass after the seven days that the water of the flood came upon the earth.

11 In the six hundredth year of the life of Noe, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the flood gates of heaven were opened:

In the six hundredth year of the life of Noe, in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, on this day all the fountains of the abyss were broken up, and the flood-gates of heaven were opened.

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

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

13 In the selfsame day Noe, and Sem, and Cham, and Japheth his sons: his wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, went into the ark:

On that very day entered Noe, Sem, Cham, Japheth, the sons of Noe, and the wife of Noe, and the three wives of his sons with him into the ark.

14 They and every beast according to its kind, and all the cattle in their kind, and every thing that moveth upon the earth according to its kind, and every fowl according to its kind, all birds, and all that fly,

And all the wild beasts after their kind, and all cattle after their kind, and every reptile moving itself on the earth after its kind, and every flying bird after its kind,

15 Went in to Noe into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein was the breath of life.

went in to Noe into the ark, pairs, male and female of all flesh in which is the breath of life.

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

And they that entered went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded Noe, and the Lord God shut the ark outside of him.

17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth, and the waters increased, and lifted up the ark on high from the earth.

And the flood was upon the earth forty days and forty nights, and the water abounded greatly and bore up the ark, and it was lifted on high from off the earth.

18 For they overflowed exceedingly: and filled all on the face of the earth: and the ark was carried upon the waters.

And the water prevailed and abounded exceedingly upon the earth, and the ark was borne upon the water.

19 And the waters prevailed beyond measure upon the earth: and all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered.

And the water prevailed exceedingly upon the earth, and covered all the high mountains which were under heaven.

20 The water was fifteen cubits higher than the mountains which it covered.

Fifteen cubits upwards was the water raised, and it covered all the high mountains.

21 And all flesh was destroyed that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beasts, and of all creeping things that creep upon the earth: and all men.

And there died all flesh that moved upon the earth, of flying creatures and cattle, and of wild beasts, and every reptile moving upon the earth, and every man.

22 And all things wherein there is the breath of life on the earth, died.

And all things which have the breath of life, and whatever was on the dry land, died.

23 And he destroyed all the substance that was upon the earth, from man even to beast, and the creeping things and fowls of the air: and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noe only remained, and they that were with him in the ark.

And [God] blotted out every offspring which was upon the face of the earth, both man and beast, and reptiles, and birds of the sky, and they were blotted out from the earth, and Noe was left alone, and those with him in the ark.

24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.

And the water was raised over the earth an hundred and fifty days.

The Great Flood