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.

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 seven each of every clean animal, a male and his female; two each of animals that are unclean, 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 seven each of birds of the air, male and female, to keep the species 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 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.”

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

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

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

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

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, of animals that are unclean, of birds, and of everything that creeps on the earth,

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

9 t wo by two they went into the ark to Noah, 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 A nd it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were on 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, 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 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 A nd the rain was on the earth 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 Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, 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, 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.

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

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

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.

Male and female of all flesh went in as God had told Noah. Then 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

And the water covered the earth for 150 days.