| New American Standard Bible 1995 | English Standard Version |
| 1Then 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 time. | 1Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation. |
| 2"You shall take with you of every clean animal by sevens, a male and his female; and of the animals that are not clean two, a male and his female; | 2Take with you seven pairs of all clean animals, the male and his mate, and a pair of the animals that are not clean, the male and his mate, |
| 3also of the birds of the sky, by sevens, male and female, to keep offspring alive on the face of all the earth. | 3and seven pairs of the birds of the heavens also, male and female, to keep their offspring alive on the face of all the earth. |
| 4"For after seven more days, I will send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights; and I will blot out from the face of the land every living thing that I have made." | 4For in seven days I will send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and every living thing that I have made I will blot out from the face of the ground.” |
| 5Noah did according to all that the LORD had commanded him. | 5And Noah did all that the LORD had commanded him. |
| 6Now Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of water came upon the earth. | 6Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came upon the earth. |
| 7Then Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him entered the ark because of the water of the flood. | 7And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him went into the ark to escape the waters of the flood. |
| 8Of clean animals and animals that are not clean and birds and everything that creeps on the ground, | 8Of clean animals, and of animals that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creeps on the ground, |
| 9there went into the ark to Noah by twos, male and female, as God had commanded Noah. | 9two and two, male and female, went into the ark with Noah, as God had commanded Noah. |
| 10It came about after the seven days, that the water of the flood came upon the earth. | 10And after seven days the waters of the flood came upon the earth. |
| 11In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened. | 11In 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 forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened. |
| 12The rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights. | 12And rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights. |
| 13On the very same day Noah and Shem and Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark, | 13On 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 entered the ark, |
| 14they and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, all sorts of birds. | 14they and every beast, according to its kind, and all the livestock according to their kinds, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, according to its kind, and every bird, according to its kind, every winged creature. |
| 15So they went into the ark to Noah, by twos of all flesh in which was the breath of life. | 15They went into the ark with Noah, two and two of all flesh in which there was the breath of life. |
| 16Those that entered, male and female of all flesh, entered as God had commanded him; and the LORD closed it behind him. | 16And those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him. And the LORD shut him in. |
| 17Then 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. | 17The flood continued forty days on the earth. The waters increased and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. |
| 18The water prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water. | 18The waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the face of the waters. |
| 19The water prevailed more and more upon the earth, so that all the high mountains everywhere under the heavens were covered. | 19And the waters prevailed so mightily on the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered. |
| 20The water prevailed fifteen cubits higher, and the mountains were covered. | 20The waters prevailed above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits deep. |
| 21All flesh that moved on the earth perished, birds and cattle and beasts and every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind; | 21And all flesh died that moved on the earth, birds, livestock, beasts, all swarming creatures that swarm on the earth, and all mankind. |
| 22of all that was on the dry land, all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, died. | 22Everything on the dry land in whose nostrils was the breath of life died. |
| 23Thus He blotted out every living thing that was upon the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky, and they were blotted out from the earth; and only Noah was left, together with those that were with him in the ark. | 23He blotted out every living thing that was on the face of the ground, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens. They were blotted out from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ark. |
| 24The water prevailed upon the earth one hundred and fifty days. | 24And the waters prevailed on the earth 150 days. |
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