1 T hen the Lord said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation.

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

2 Y ou shall take with you seven each of every clean animal, a male and his female; two each of animals that are unclean, a male and his female;

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

3 a lso seven each of birds of the air, male and female, to keep the species alive on the face of all the earth.

Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

4 F or after seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will destroy from the face of the earth all living things that I have made.”

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

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

And Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him.

6 N oah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters were on the earth.

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

7 S o Noah, with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, 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, of animals that are unclean, of birds, and of everything that creeps on the earth,

Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,

9 t wo by two they went into the ark to Noah, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.

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

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

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

11 I n the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

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 heaven were opened.

12 A nd the rain was on 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 Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered 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 after its kind, all cattle after their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort.

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

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

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

16 S o those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him; and the Lord shut him in.

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

17 N ow the flood was on the earth forty days. The waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.

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

18 T he waters prevailed and greatly increased on the earth, and the ark moved about on the surface of the waters.

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

19 A nd the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth, and all the high hills under the whole heaven were covered.

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

20 T he waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.

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

21 A nd all flesh died that moved on the earth: birds and cattle and beasts and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man.

And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:

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

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

23 S o He destroyed all living things which were on the face of the ground: both man and cattle, creeping thing and bird of the air. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark remained alive.

And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

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

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