1 T hen 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.

Then the Lord said to Noah, “Go into the boat, you and all your family. For I have seen that you only are right and good at this time.

2 Y ou 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;

Take with you seven of every clean animal of each sex, and one of each sex of the animals that are unclean.

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

And take with you seven of every kind of bird of the sky of each sex, to keep their kind alive over all the earth.

4 F or 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.”

In seven days I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. I will destroy from the land every living thing that I have made.”

5 N oah did according to all that the Lord had commanded him.

And Noah did all that the Lord told him to do.

6 N ow Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of water came upon the earth.

Noah was 600 years old when the flood of water came upon the earth.

7 T hen Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him entered the ark because of the water of the flood.

Then Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives all went into the large boat because of the water of the flood.

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

Clean animals and animals that were unclean and birds and every thing that moved on the ground

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

went into the large boat with Noah. They went two by two, male and female, just as God had told Noah.

10 I t came about after the seven days, that the water of the flood came upon the earth.

After seven days the waters of the flood came upon the earth.

11 I n 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.

In the year 600 of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, all the wells of water under the earth broke open. The windows of the heavens were opened.

12 T he rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.

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

13 O n 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,

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, all went into the large boat.

14 t hey 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.

With them went every kind of animal, and all the cattle, and every thing that moved on the earth, and every kind of bird.

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

They went into the large boat with Noah, two of every living thing.

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

Male and female of all flesh went in as God had told Noah. Then the Lord shut him in.

17 T hen 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.

The flood came upon the earth for forty days. The water got deeper and raised up the large boat so that it was lifted above the earth.

18 T he water prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water.

The water was very deep upon the earth. And the boat stayed upon the top of the water.

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

The water got higher and higher upon the earth until all the high mountains under heaven were covered.

20 T he water prevailed fifteen cubits higher, and the mountains were covered.

But the water went about four times taller than a man above the tops of the mountains.

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

All flesh that moved on the earth was destroyed, birds and cattle and wild animals, and every man.

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

Every thing that had the breath of life and lived on dry land died.

23 T hus 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.

God destroyed every living thing upon the land, from man to animals, from things that moved upon the ground to birds of the sky. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those that were with him in the large boat.

24 T he water prevailed upon the earth one hundred and fifty days.

And the water covered the earth for 150 days.