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Genesis 7 Parallel Bible Translations
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| 1 | And Jehovah will say to Noah, Come thou, and all thy house into the ark, for thee I saw just to my face in 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 clean cattle thou shalt take to thee seven; seven male and female; and from cattle which are not clean, this two, male and 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 | Also of birds of the heavens, seven: seven male and female, to preserve alive seed upon the face of all the 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 yet seven days, and I will give rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights: and I will wipe out every living thing which I made from the face 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 | And Noah will do according to all which Jehovah commanded him. | And Noah did all that the LORD had commanded him. | And Noah did all that the LORD commanded him. | |
| 6 | And Noah the son of six hundred years, and the flood of waters was upon 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 shall come in, and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him to the ark from the face of the water of the 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 | From clean beasts, and from cattle which are not clean, and from birds and all which creeps 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 and two went in to Noah to the ark, male and female, according to which God commanded 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 it shall be seven days; and the waters of the flood shall be upon 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 year of six hundred years of Noah's life, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, in the same day all the fountains of the great deep were divided and the sluices of the heavens 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 the rain shall be upon the earth 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 | In that very day went in Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth; Noah's sons, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them to 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 living thing after its kind, and all cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing creeping upon the earth, after its kind, and every bird after his kind, and every small bird of every wing. | 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 | And they shall go in to Noah to the ark, two from all flesh in which is 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 they going in, went in male and female from all flesh according to which God commanded him: and Jehovah shut him within. | 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 flood shall be forty days upon the earth, and the waters shall multiply, and shall take up the ark, and it shall be lifted up from above the earth. | 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 | And the waters shall prevail and shall multiply exceedingly upon the earth: and the ark shall go upon the face of 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 exceedingly exceedingly upon the earth: and all the high mountains which are underneath all the heavens shall be 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 | Fifteen cubits from upward, the waters prevailed: and will cover the mountains. | 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 shall die that creeping upon the earth, with birds and with cattle and with beast and with every creeping thing that creeping upon the earth, and every man. | 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 | All which the breath of the spirit of life in the nostrils of all which is in the dry land 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 every living thing shall be wiped off which upon the face of the earth, from man even to cattle, even to the creeping thing, and even to the birds of the heavens; and they shall be wiped out from the earth, and Noah only shall remain and they which 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 shall prevail upon the earth fifty and one hundred 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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