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.

Yahweh said to Noah, “Come with all of your household into the ship, for I have seen your righteousness 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.

You shall take seven pairs of every clean animal with you, the male and his female. Of the animals that are not clean, take 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.

Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive on the surface 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.”

In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. Every living thing that I have made, I will destroy from the surface of the ground.”

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

Noah did everything that Yahweh commanded him.

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

Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came on 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.

Noah went into the ship with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, because of the floodwaters.

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

Clean animals, unclean animals, birds, and 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.

went by pairs to Noah into the ship, male and female, as God commanded Noah.

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

After the seven days, the floodwaters came on 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, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep were burst open, and the sky’s windows were opened.

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

It rained on 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 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, entered into the ship—

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 animal after its kind, all the livestock 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.

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

Pairs from all flesh with the breath of life in them went to Noah into the ship.

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

Those who went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him; then Yahweh 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.

The flood was forty days on the earth. The waters increased, and lifted up the ship, and it was lifted up above the earth.

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

The waters rose, and increased greatly on the earth; and the ship floated on 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.

The waters rose very high on the earth. All the high mountains that were 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 rose fifteen cubits higher, 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.

All flesh died that moved on the earth, including birds, livestock, animals, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man.

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

All on the dry land, in whose nostrils was the breath of the 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.

Every living thing was destroyed that was on the surface of the ground, including man, livestock, creeping things, and birds of the sky. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ship.

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

The waters flooded the earth one hundred fifty days.