1 T hen 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.

And 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.

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

Of 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,

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

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

4 I n 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.”

For 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.

5 A nd Noah did all that the Lord told him to do.

And Noah did all that the Lord commanded him.

6 N oah was 600 years old when the flood of water came upon the earth.

Noah was 600 years old when the flood of waters came upon the earth or land.

7 T hen Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives all went into the large boat because of the water of the flood.

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

8 C lean animals and animals that were unclean and birds and every thing that moved on the ground

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

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

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

10 A fter seven days the waters of the flood came upon the earth.

And after the seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth or land.

11 I n 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.

In 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.

12 A nd the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.

And it rained upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

13 O n 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.

On 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,

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

They 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.

15 T hey went into the large boat with Noah, two of every living thing.

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

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

And 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.

17 T he 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.

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

18 T he water was very deep upon the earth. And the boat stayed upon the top of the water.

And the waters became mighty and increased greatly upon the land, and the ark went upon the surface of the waters.

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

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

20 B ut the water went about four times taller than a man above the tops of the mountains.

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

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

And 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.

22 E very thing that had the breath of life and lived on dry land died.

Everything on the dry land in whose nostrils were the breath and spirit of life died.

23 G od 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.

God 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.

24 A nd the water covered the earth for 150 days.

And the waters prevailed upon the earth or land 150 days (five months).