Genesis 7
1 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 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 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 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 And
Noah did according unto all that the
LORD commanded him.
6 And
Noah was
six hundred years old when the
flood of
waters was upon the
earth. 7 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 Of
clean beasts, and of
beasts that are not
clean, and of
fowls, and of every thing that
creepeth upon the
earth, 9 There went
in two and
two unto
Noah into the
ark, the
male and the
female, as God had
commanded Noah. 10 And it came to pass after
seven days, that the
waters of the
flood were upon the
earth. 11 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 And the
rain was upon the
earth forty days and
forty nights. 13 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 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 And they went
in unto
Noah into the
ark, two and
two of all
flesh, wherein is the
breath of
life. 16 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 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 And the
waters prevailed, and were
increased greatly upon the
earth; and the
ark went upon the
face of the
waters. 19 And the
waters prevailed exceedingly upon the
earth; and all the
high hills, that were
under the whole
heaven, were
covered.
20 Fifteen cubits upward did the
waters prevail; and the
mountains were
covered.
21 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 All in whose
nostrils was the
breath of life, of all that was in the
dry land,
died.
23 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 And the
waters prevailed upon the
earth an
hundred and
fifty days.