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These are the records of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God.

These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

And Noah fathered three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence.

The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

And God looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for humanity had corrupted its way upon the earth.

And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

Then God said to Noah, "The end of humanity has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because of people; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth.

And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

"Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make the ark with compartments, and cover it inside and out with pitch.

Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

"This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.

And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

"You shall make a window for the ark, and finish it to a cubit from the top; and put the door of the ark on the side; you shall make it with lower, second, and third decks.

A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

"Now behold, I Myself am bringing the flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which there is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is on the earth shall perish.

And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

"But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall enter the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.

But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

"And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.

And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.

"Of the birds according to their kind, and of the animals according to their kind, of every crawling thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive.

Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.

"As for you, take for yourself some of every food that is edible, and gather it to yourself; and it shall be food for you and them."

And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.

So Noah did these things; according to everything that God had commanded him, so he did.

Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

Then the LORD said to Noah, "Enter the ark, you and all your household, for you alone I have seen to be righteous before Me in this generation.

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.

"You shall take with you seven pairs of every clean animal, a male and his female; and two of the animals that are not clean, a male and his female;

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.

also of the birds of the sky, seven pairs, male and female, to keep their offspring alive on the face of 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.

"For after seven more days, I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights; and I will wipe out from the face of 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.

So Noah acted in accordance with everything that the LORD had commanded him.

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

Now Noah was six hundred 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.

Then Noah and his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives with him entered the ark because of the waters 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.

Of clean animals and animals that are not clean and birds and everything that crawls 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,

they all went into the ark to Noah by twos, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.

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

Now it came about after the seven days, that 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.

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky 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.

The rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.

And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

On this very same day Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark,

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;

they and every animal according to its kind, and all the livestock according to their kind, and every crawling thing that crawls on the earth according to its kind, and every bird according to its kind, all sorts of birds.

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.

So they went into the ark to Noah, by twos of all flesh in which there was the breath of life.

And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.

Those that entered, male and female of all flesh, entered as God had commanded him; and the LORD closed the door behind him.

And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in.

Then the flood came upon the earth for forty days, and the water increased and lifted up the ark, so that it rose 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.

The water prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water.

And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.

And the water prevailed more and more upon the earth, so that all the high mountains everywhere under the heavens were covered.

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

The water prevailed fifteen cubits higher, and the mountains were covered.

Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

So all creatures that moved on the earth perished: birds, livestock, animals, and every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind;

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:

of all that was on the dry land, all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, died.

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

So He wiped out every living thing that was upon the face of the land, from mankind to animals, to crawling things, and the birds of the sky, and they were wiped out from the earth; and only Noah was left, together with those that were with him in the ark.

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.

The water prevailed upon the earth for 150 days.

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

But God remembered Noah and all the animals and all the livestock that were with him in the ark; and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water subsided.

And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged;

Also the fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained;

The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

and the water receded steadily from the earth, and at the end of 150 days the water decreased.

And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

Then in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat.

And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

And the water decreased steadily until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains became visible.

And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

Then it came about at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made;

And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:

and he sent out a raven, and it flew here and there until the water was dried up from the earth.

And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

Then he sent out a dove, to see if the water was low on the surface of the land;

Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

but the dove found no resting place for the sole of its foot, so it returned to him in the ark, for the water was on the surface of all the earth. Then he put out his hand and took it, and brought it into the ark to himself.

But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.

So he waited another seven days longer; and again he sent out the dove from the ark.

And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;

And the dove came to him in the evening, and behold, in its beak was a fresh olive leaf. So Noah knew that the water was low on the earth.

And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

Then he waited another seven days longer, and sent out the dove; but it did not return to him again.

And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.

Now it came about in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first of the month, that the water was dried up from the earth. Then Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the surface of the ground had dried up.

And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.

And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.

Then God spoke to Noah, saying,

And God spake unto Noah, saying,

"Go out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and your sons' wives with you.

Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.

"Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you, birds and animals and every crawling thing that crawls on the earth, that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth."

Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.

So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife, and his sons' wives with him.

And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him:

Every animal, every crawling thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out by their families from the ark.

Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.