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Genesis 7

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Genesis 7 Bible text

WEB: 1WEB

The LORD said to Noah, “Come with all of your household into the ship, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.

ASV: 1ASV

And Jehovah said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

WEB: 2WEB

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.

ASV: 2ASV

Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee seven and seven, the male and his female; and of the beasts that are not clean two, the male and his female:

WEB: 3WEB

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

ASV: 3ASV

of the birds also of the heavens, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

WEB: 4WEB

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

ASV: 4ASV

For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living thing that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the ground.

WEB: 5WEB

Noah did everything that the LORD commanded him.

ASV: 5ASV

And Noah did according unto all that Jehovah commanded him.

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

ASV: 6ASV

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

WEB: 7WEB

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

ASV: 7ASV

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.

WEB: 8WEB

Clean animals, unclean animals, birds, and everything that creeps on the ground

ASV: 8ASV

Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creepeth upon the ground,

WEB: 9WEB

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

ASV: 9ASV

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

WEB: 10WEB

After the seven days, the floodwaters came on the earth.

ASV: 10ASV

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

WEB: 11WEB

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 sky’s windows opened.

ASV: 11ASV

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

WEB: 12WEB

It rained on the earth forty days and forty nights.

ASV: 12ASV

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

WEB: 13WEB

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—

ASV: 13ASV

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;

WEB: 14WEB

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.

ASV: 14ASV

they, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort.

WEB: 15WEB

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

ASV: 15ASV

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

WEB: 16WEB

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

ASV: 16ASV

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

WEB: 17WEB

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

ASV: 17ASV

And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.

WEB: 18WEB

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

ASV: 18ASV

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

WEB: 19WEB

The waters rose very high on the earth. All the high mountains that were under the whole sky were covered.

ASV: 19ASV

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

WEB: 20WEB

The waters rose fifteen cubits higher, and the mountains were covered.

ASV: 20ASV

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

WEB: 21WEB

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

ASV: 21ASV

And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both birds, and cattle, and beasts, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:

WEB: 22WEB

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

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

WEB: 23WEB

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.

ASV: 23ASV

And every living thing was destroyed that was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only was left, and they that were with him in the ark.

WEB: 24WEB

The waters flooded the earth one hundred fifty days.

ASV: 24ASV

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