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

Then the Lord said to Noah, “Enter the ark, you and all your household, for you alone I have seen to be righteous before Me in this time.

2 O f every clean animal thou shalt take to thee seven pairs, the male and his female; but of animals that are not clean, two, the male and his female.

You shall take with you of every clean animal by sevens, a male and his female; and of the animals that are not clean two, a male and his female;

3 O f fowls also of the heavens by seven pairs, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

also of the birds of the sky, by sevens, male and female, to keep offspring alive on the face of all the earth.

4 F or yet in seven days, I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every substance that I have made I will destroy from off the face of the earth.

For after seven more days, I will send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights; and I will blot out from the face of the land every living thing that I have made.”

5 ¶ And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.

Noah did according to all that the Lord had commanded him.

6 A nd Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.

Now Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of water came upon the earth.

7 A nd 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.

Then Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him entered the ark because of the water of the flood.

8 O f clean animals and of animals that are not clean and of fowls and of every thing that moves upon the earth,

Of clean animals and animals that are not clean and birds and everything that creeps on the ground,

9 t here went in two by two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.

there went into the ark to Noah by twos, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.

10 A nd it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.

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

11 ¶ In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows 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 all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened.

12 A nd there was rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

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

13 ¶ In that same day Noah and Shem and Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them entered into the ark,

On the very same day Noah and Shem and Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark,

14 t hey and every animal after its kind and all the beasts after their kind and every creeping thing that moves upon the earth after its kind and every fowl after its kind, every bird, every thing with wings.

they and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, all sorts of birds.

15 A nd they went in unto Noah into the ark, two by two of all flesh in which is the spirit of life.

So they went into the ark to Noah, by twos of all flesh in which was the breath of life.

16 A nd those that went in went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him, and the LORD shut him in.

Those that entered, male and female of all flesh, entered as God had commanded him; and the Lord closed it behind him.

17 ¶ And the flood was forty days upon the earth, and the waters multiplied and bore up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.

Then the flood came upon the earth for forty days, and the water increased and lifted up the ark, so that it rose above the earth.

18 A nd the waters prevailed and multiplied greatly upon the earth, and the ark went upon the face of the waters.

The water prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water.

19 A nd the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth, and all the high mountains that were under all the heavens were covered.

The water prevailed more and more upon the earth, so that all the high mountains everywhere under the heavens were covered.

20 F ifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail, and the mountains were covered.

The water prevailed fifteen cubits higher, and the mountains were covered.

21 ¶ And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl and of beasts and of animals and of every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth and every man;

All flesh that moved on the earth perished, birds and cattle and beasts and every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind;

22 a ll in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life of all that was in the dry land died.

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

23 A nd every substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man and cattle and the animals and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth, and only Noah remained alive and those that were with him in the ark.

Thus He blotted out every living thing that was upon the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky, and they were blotted out from the earth; and only Noah was left, together with those that were with him in the ark.

24 A nd the waters prevailed upon the earth one hundred and fifty days.

The water prevailed upon the earth one hundred and fifty days.