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1 And the Lord said to him: “Enter the ark, you and all your house. For I have seen you to be just in my sight, within this generation. Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation. The LORD then said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
2 From all the clean animals, take seven and seven, the male and the female. Yet truly, from animals that are unclean, take two and two, the male and the female. Take with you seven pairs of all clean animals, the male and his mate, and a pair of the animals that are not clean, the male and his mate, Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and one pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate,
3 But also from the birds of the air, take seven and seven, the male and the female, so that offspring may be saved upon the face of the whole earth. and seven pairs of the birds of the heavens also, male and female, to keep their offspring alive on the face of all the earth. and also seven pairs of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth.
4 For from that point, and after seven days, I will rain upon the earth for forty days and forty nights. And I will wipe away every substance that I have made, from the surface of the earth.” For in seven days I will send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and every living thing that I have made I will blot out from the face of the ground.” 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 creature I have made.”
5 Therefore, Noah did all things just as the Lord had commanded him. And Noah did all that the LORD had commanded him. And Noah did all that the LORD commanded him.
6 And he was six hundred years old when the waters of the great flood inundated the earth. Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came upon the earth. Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters came on the earth.
7 And Noah entered into the ark, and his sons, his wife, and the wives of his sons with him, because of the waters of the great flood. And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him went into the ark to escape the waters of the flood. And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
8 And from the animals both clean and unclean, and from the birds, and from everything that moves upon the earth, Of clean animals, and of animals that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creeps on the ground, Pairs of clean and unclean animals, of birds and of all creatures that move along the ground,
9 two by two they were brought into the ark to Noah, male and female, just as the Lord had instructed Noah. two and two, male and female, went into the ark with Noah, as God had commanded Noah. male and female, came to Noah and entered the ark, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And when seven days had passed, the waters of the great flood inundated the earth. And after seven days the waters of the flood came upon the earth. And after the seven days the floodwaters came on the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great abyss were released, and the floodgates of heaven were opened. 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 forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened. In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month—on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
12 And rain came upon the earth for forty days and forty nights. And rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights. And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.
13 On the very same day, Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark. On the very same day Noah and his sons, Shem and Ham and Japheth, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them entered the ark, On that very day Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three sons, entered the ark.
14 They and every animal according to its kind, and all the cattle in their kind, and everything that moves upon the earth in their kind, and every flying thing according to its kind, all the birds and all that can fly, they and every beast, according to its kind, and all the livestock according to their kinds, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, according to its kind, and every bird, according to its kind, every winged creature. They had with them every wild animal according to its kind, all livestock according to their kinds, every creature that moves along the ground according to its kind and every bird according to its kind, everything with wings.
15 entered the ark to Noah, two by two out of all that is flesh, in which there was the breath of life. They went into the ark with Noah, two and two of all flesh in which there was the breath of life. Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life in them came to Noah and entered the ark.
16 And those that entered went in male and female, from all that is flesh, just as God had instructed him. And then the Lord closed him in from the outside. And those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him. And the LORD shut him in. The animals going in were male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.
17 And the great flood occurred for forty days upon the earth. And the waters were increased, and they lifted the ark high above the land. The flood continued forty days on the earth. The waters increased and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth.
18 For they overflowed greatly, and they filled everything on the surface of the earth. And then the ark was carried across the waters. The waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the face of the waters. The waters rose and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water.
19 And the waters prevailed beyond measure across the earth. And all the lofty mountains under the whole heaven were covered. And the waters prevailed so mightily on the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered. They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered.
20 The water was fifteen cubits higher than the mountains which it covered. The waters prevailed above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits deep. The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than fifteen cubits.
21 And all flesh was consumed which moved upon the earth: flying things, animals, wild beasts, and all moving things that crawl upon the ground. And all men, And all flesh died that moved on the earth, birds, livestock, beasts, all swarming creatures that swarm on the earth, and all mankind. Every living thing that moved on land perished—birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind.
22 and everything in which there is the breath of life on earth, died. Everything on the dry land in whose nostrils was the breath of life died. Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.
23 And he wiped away all substance that was upon the earth, from man to animal, the crawling things just as much as the flying things of the air. And they were wiped away from the earth. But only Noah remained, and those who were with him in the ark. He blotted out every living thing that was on the face of the ground, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens. They were blotted out from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ark. Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out; people and animals and the creatures that move along the ground and the birds were wiped from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark.
24 And the waters possessed the earth for one hundred and fifty days. And the waters prevailed on the earth 150 days. The waters flooded the earth for a hundred and fifty days.
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