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The Flood

Then 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. Take with you seven of every clean animal of each sex, and one of each sex of the animals that are unclean. And take with you 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.” And Noah did all that the Lord told him to do.

Noah was 600 years old when the flood of water came upon the earth. Then Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives all went into the large boat because of the water of the flood. 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 God had told Noah. 10 After seven days the waters of the flood came upon the earth. 11 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. 12 And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.

13 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. 14 With them went every kind of animal, and all the cattle, and every thing that moved on the earth, and every kind of bird. 15 They went into the large boat with Noah, two of every living thing.

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

17 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. 18 The water was very deep upon the earth. And the boat stayed upon the top of the water. 19 The water got higher and higher upon the earth until all the high mountains under heaven were covered. 20 But the water went about four times taller than a man above the tops of the mountains. 21 All flesh that moved on the earth was destroyed, birds and cattle and wild animals, and every man. 22 Every thing that had the breath of life and lived on dry land died. 23 God 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. 24 And the water covered the earth for 150 days.

The Flood Ends

But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and all the cattle that were with him in the large boat. Then God made a wind blow over the earth until the water went down. Also the wells of water under the earth and the windows of the heavens were shut. And it stopped raining. The water kept moving away from the earth. At the end of 150 days the water was less. And in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the large boat came to rest on Mount Ararat. The water kept on going down until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains could be seen.

At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the large boat which he had made. Then he sent out a raven, and it flew here and there until the water was dried up from the earth. Then he sent out a dove, to see if the water was gone from the ground. But the dove found no place to set her foot, so she returned to him in the boat. For the water was still over the earth. So Noah put out his hand and took her, and brought her into the boat with him. 10 He waited another seven days, and sent the dove from the boat again. 11 The dove returned to him in the evening. In her mouth was an olive leaf that had just been picked. So Noah knew that the water had gone from the earth. 12 Then he waited another seven days, and sent out the dove. But she did not return to him again.

13 In the year 601, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the water was dried up from the earth. Then Noah took the covering off the large boat, and looked out and saw that the earth was dry. 14 In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the ground was dry. 15 Then God said to Noah, 16 “Go out of the boat, you and your wife and your sons and your sons’ wives with you. 17 Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you, birds and animals and everything that moves on the earth. So they may give birth and become many upon the earth.” 18 So Noah went out with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives. 19 Every animal, every bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out of the large boat by their families.

20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord. He took of every clean animal and every clean bird, and gave burnt gifts in worship on the altar. 21 Then the Lord smelled a pleasing smell. And the Lord said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of man. For the desire of man’s heart is sinful from when he is young. I will never again destroy every living thing as I have done. 22 While the earth lasts, planting time and gathering time, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night will not end.”

God’s Agreement with Noah

God made good come to Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Have many children, and cover the earth. Every animal of the earth, every bird of the sky, everything that moves on the ground, and all the fish of the sea will be afraid of you. They are given into your hand. Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. I give all to you as I gave you the green plants. But you must not eat meat with blood in it because that is its life. For sure, I will take the life of every animal and every person for taking a life. I will punish every man’s brother for taking the life of man. Whoever takes the life of a man will have his life taken. For God made man to be like Him. As for you, have many children. Cover the earth with many people.”

Then God said to Noah and his sons, “See, I make My agreement with you, and with your children after you, 10 and with every living thing that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every animal of the earth, of all that came out of the large boat, every living thing on earth. 11 I make My agreement with you, that never again will all flesh be destroyed by the water of a flood. There will never again be a flood to destroy the earth.” 12 Then God said, “This is something special to see for all time, because of the agreement that I am making between Me and you and every living thing that is with you: 13 I will set My rain-bow in the cloud, and it will be something special to see because of an agreement between Me and the earth. 14 When I bring clouds over the earth and the rain-bow is seen in the clouds, 15 I will remember My agreement that is between Me and you and every living thing of all flesh. Never again will the water become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16 When the rain-bow is in the cloud, I will look upon it to remember the agreement that will last forever between God and every living thing of all flesh that is on the earth.” 17 God said to Noah, “This is the special thing to see because of the agreement I have made between Me and all flesh upon the earth.”

Noah and His Sons

18 The sons of Noah who came out of the large boat were Shem, Ham and Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan. 19 These three were the sons of Noah. And all the people of the earth came from them.

20 Then Noah became a farmer and planted a grape-field. 21 And he drank of the wine, and drank too much, and lay without covering himself in his tent. 22 Then Ham, the father of Canaan, saw that his father was without clothes. And he told his two brothers outside. 23 But Shem and Japheth took a coat and laid it upon their shoulders and walked in with their backs toward their father and covered him. Their faces were turned away, so that they did not see their father without clothes. 24 When Noah awoke from his wine, he knew what his youngest son had done to him. 25 So he said, “May Canaan be cursed! He will be a servant of servants to his brothers.” 26 He also said, “Honor and thanks be to the Lord, the God of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant. 27 May God make Japheth great. Let him live in the tents of Shem. And let Canaan be his servants.”

28 Noah lived 350 years after the flood. 29 So Noah lived 950 years, and he died.