1 A nd the Lord said to Noah, Come with all your household into the ark, for I have seen you to be righteous (upright and in right standing) before Me in this generation.

And Jehovah said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

2 O f every clean beast you shall receive and take with you seven pairs, the male and his mate, and of beasts that are not clean a pair of each kind, the male and his mate,

Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee seven and seven, the male and his female; and of the beasts that are not clean two, the male and his female:

3 A lso of the birds of the air seven pairs, the male and the female, to keep seed alive over all the earth or land.

of the birds also of the heavens, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

4 F or in seven days I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights, and every living substance and thing that I have made I will destroy, blot out, and wipe away from the face of the earth.

For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living thing that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the ground.

5 A nd Noah did all that the Lord commanded him.

And Noah did according unto all that Jehovah commanded him.

6 N oah was 600 years old when the flood of waters came upon the earth or land.

And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.

7 A nd Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him went into the ark because of the waters of the flood.

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

8 O f clean animals and of animals that are not clean, and of birds and fowls, and of everything that creeps on the ground,

Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creepeth upon the ground,

9 T here went in two and two with Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.

there went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noah.

10 A nd after the seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth or land.

And it came to pass after the seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.

11 I n the year 600 of Noah’s life, in the seventeenth day of the second month, that same day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up and burst forth, and the windows and floodgates 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 the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

12 A nd it rained upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

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

13 O n the very 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, went into the ark,

In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;

14 T hey and every beast according to its kind, all the livestock according to their kinds, every moving thing that creeps on the land according to its kind, and every fowl according to its kind, every winged thing of every sort.

they, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort.

15 A nd they went into the ark with Noah, two and two of all flesh in which there were the breath and spirit of life.

And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh wherein is the breath of life.

16 A nd they that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded; and the Lord shut him in and closed round about him.

And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him: and Jehovah shut him in.

17 T he flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased and bore up the ark, and it was lifted above the land.

And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.

18 A nd the waters became mighty and increased greatly upon the land, and the ark went upon the surface of the waters.

And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.

19 A nd the waters prevailed so exceedingly and were so mighty upon the earth that all the high hills under the whole sky were covered.

And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered.

20 t he waters became fifteen cubits higher, as the high hills were covered.

Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

21 A nd all flesh ceased to breathe that moved upon the earth—fowls and birds, animals, beasts, all swarming and creeping things that swarm and creep upon the land, and all mankind.

And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both birds, and cattle, and beasts, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:

22 E verything on the dry land in whose nostrils were the breath and spirit of life died.

all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was on the dry land, died.

23 G od destroyed (blotted out) every living thing that was upon the face of the earth; man and animals and the creeping things and the birds of the heavens were destroyed (blotted out) from the land. Only Noah remained alive, and those who were with him in the ark.

And every living thing was destroyed that was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only was left, and they that were with him in the ark.

24 A nd the waters prevailed upon the earth or land 150 days (five months).

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