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 to Noah, Take all your family and go into the ark, for you only in this generation have I seen to be upright.

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 you will take seven males and seven females, and of the beasts which 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.

And of the birds of the air, seven males and seven females, so that their seed may still be living on the face of 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 seven days I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, for the destruction of every living thing which I have made on the face of the earth.

5 Noah did all that Yahweh commanded him.

And Noah did everything which the Lord said he was to do.

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

And Noah was six hundred years old when the waters came flowing over all 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, with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives, went into the ark because of the flowing of the waters.

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

Of clean beasts, and of beasts which are not clean, and of birds, and of everything which goes on the earth,

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

In twos, male and female, they went into the ark with Noah, as God had said.

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

And after the seven days, the waters came over all 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, all the fountains of the great deep came bursting through, and the windows of heaven were open;

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

And rain came down on the earth for 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 the same day Noah, with Shem, Ham, and Japheth, his sons, and his wife and his sons' wives, went 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.

And with them, every sort of beast and cattle, and every sort of thing which goes on the earth, and every sort of bird.

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

They went with Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh in which 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.

Male and female of all flesh went in, as God had said, and the ark was shut by the Lord.

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 for forty days the waters were over all the earth; and the waters were increased so that the ark was lifted up high over the earth.

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

And the waters overcame everything and were increased greatly on the earth, and the ark was resting 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.

And the waters overcame everything on the earth; and all the mountains under heaven were covered.

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

The waters went fifteen cubits higher, till all the mountains were 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 destruction came on every living thing moving on the earth, birds and cattle and beasts and everything which went on the earth, and every man.

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

Everything on the dry land, in which was the breath of life, came to its end.

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.

Every living thing on the face of all the earth, man and cattle and things moving on the face of the earth, and birds of the air, came to destruction: only Noah and those who were with him in the ark, were kept from death.

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

And the waters were over the earth a hundred and fifty days.

The Great Flood