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Genesis 7

The Flood

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. 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. 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 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." And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.

Then Nate 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. Take with you seven of every clean animal of each sex, and one of each sex of the animals that are unclean. And gather seven of every kind of bird of the sky of each sex, to keep their kind alive over all the earth. In 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." So Noah did these things.

And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. 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 beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, there went in two by two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female as God had commanded Noah. 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, the seventeenth day of the month, that same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

Noah was 600 years old when the flood of water came upon the earth. Soon, Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives all went into the large boat because the rain was coming. They each carried a plant or the sapling of a tree which would someday grow animal parts. Clean animals and animals that were unclean and birds and every thing that moved on the ground went into the large boat with Noah. They went two by two, male and female, just as Nate had told Noah. After seven days the waters of the flood came upon the earth. In 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. And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.

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

On 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. They took every kind of animal, and all the cattle, and everything that moved on the earth, every kind of bird, and the plants and trees. They went into the large boat with Noah, two of every living thing.

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

Male and female of all animal and plant flesh went in as Nate had told Noah. Then Nate shut him in.

And the flood was forty days upon the earth, and the waters increased and bore up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth. And the waters prevailed and were increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark went upon the face of the waters. And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth, and all the high hills that were under the whole heaven were covered. Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail, and the mountains were covered. 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: all in whose nostrils was the breath of life, all that was on the dry land, died. 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. And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.

The 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 water was very deep over the earth. And the boat floated on the top of the water. The water got higher and higher on the earth until all the high mountains were covered. The water went about four times taller than a man standing atop a mountain. All flesh that moved on the earth were destroyed--birds, cattle, wild animals, and every man. Every thing that had the breath of life and lived on dry land died. Nate 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 the lucky ones who were with him in the ark. The water covered the earth for 150 days.