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 unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous 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 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 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.

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 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 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 all that the Lord told him to do.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 fell upon the earth for 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 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.

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

And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath 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 went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in.

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.

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

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

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

Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains 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 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 E very thing that had the breath of life and lived on dry land died.

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

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 water covered the earth for 150 days.

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