Genesis 7

1 The LORD said to Noah, “Come with all of your household into the ship, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.

Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.

2 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.

You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate;

3 Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive on the surface of all the earth.

and seven pairs of every kind of bird of the air, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of all the earth.

4 In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. I will destroy every living thing that I have made from the surface of the ground.”

For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”

5 Noah did everything that the LORD commanded him.

And Noah did all that the LORD had commanded him.

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

Now Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth.

7 Noah went into the ship with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, because of the floodwaters.

And Noah and his wife, with his sons and their wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.

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

The clean and unclean animals, the birds, and everything that crawls along the ground

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

came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.

10 After the seven days, the floodwaters came on the earth.

And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth.

11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the sky’s windows opened.

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

12 It rained on the earth forty days and forty nights.

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

13 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—

On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons—

14 they, and every animal after its kind, all the livestock after their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort.

they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.

15 Pairs from all flesh with the breath of life in them went into the ship to Noah.

They came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two of every creature with the breath of life.

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

And they entered, the male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.

17 The flood was forty days on the earth. The waters increased, and lifted up the ship, and it was lifted up above the earth.

For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.

18 The waters rose, and increased greatly on the earth; and the ship floated on the surface of the waters.

So the waters continued to surge and rise greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.

19 The waters rose very high on the earth. All the high mountains that were under the whole sky were covered.

Finally, the waters completely inundated the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.

20 The waters rose fifteen cubits higher, and the mountains were covered.

The waters rose and covered the mountaintops to a depth of fifteen cubits.

21 All flesh died that moved on the earth, including birds, livestock, animals, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man.

And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.

22 All on the dry land, in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, died.

Of all that was on dry land, everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.

23 Every living thing was destroyed that was on the surface of the ground, including man, livestock, creeping things, and birds of the sky. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ship.

And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.

24 The waters flooded the earth one hundred fifty days.

And the waters prevailed upon the earth for 150 days.

The Great Flood