Genesis 6

God’s Grief over Humankind’s Wickedness

1 When humankindt began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were bornt to them,t2 the sons of Gods saw that the daughters of humankind were beautiful. Thus they took wives for themselves from any they chose.

3 So the Lord said, “My spirit will not remain int humankind indefinitely,t sincet theyt are mortal.t Theyt will remain for 120 more years.”t

4 The Nephilimt were on the earth in those days (and also after this)t when the sons of God were having sexual relations witht the daughters of humankind, who gave birth to their children.t They were the mighty heroest of old, the famous men.t
5 But the Lord saws that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclinationt of the thoughtst of their mindst was only evils all the time.ts6 The Lord regrettedt that he had made humankind on the earth, and he was highly offended.t

7 So the Lord said, “I will wipe humankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth – everything from humankind to animals,t including creatures that move on the ground and birds of the air, for I regret that I have made them.”

8 Butt Noah found favort in the sight oft the Lord.

The Judgment of the Flood

9 This is the account of Noah.s
Noah was a godly man; he was blamelesst
among his contemporaries.t Het walked witht God.

10 Noah hadt three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 The earth was ruinedt in the sight oft God; the earth was filled with violence.t12 God saw the earth, and indeedt it was ruined,t for all living creaturest on the earth were sinful.t13 So God saids to Noah, “I have decided that all living creatures must die,t for the earth is filled with violence because of them. Now I am about to destroyt them and the earth.14 Makes for yourself an ark of cypresst wood. Make rooms in the ark, and covert it with pitch inside and out.15 This is how you should make it: The ark is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.t16 Make a roof for the ark and finish it, leaving 18 inchest from the top.t Put a door in the side of the ark, and make lower, middle, and upper decks.17 I am about to bringt floodwaterst on the earth to destroyt from under the sky all the living creatures that have the breath of life in them.t Everything that is on the earth will die,18 but I will confirmt my covenant with you. You will entert the ark – you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.19 You must bring into the ark two of every kind of living creature from all flesh,t male and female, to keep them alivet with you.20 Of the birds after their kinds, and of the cattle after their kinds, and of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every kind will come to you so you can keep them alive.t

21 And you must taket for yourself every kind of foodt that is eaten,t and gather it together.t It will be food for you and for them.

22 And Noah did allt that God commanded him – he did indeed.t

Genesis 7

1 The Lord said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you and all your household, for I consider you godly among this generation.t2 You must take with you sevent of every kind of clean animal,s the male and its mate,t two of every kind of unclean animal, the male and its mate,3 and also sevent of every kind of bird in the sky, male and female,t to preserve their offspringt on the face of the earth.

4 For in seven dayst I will cause it to raint on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the ground every living thing that I have made.”

5 And Noah did allt that the Lord commanded him.
6 Noaht was 600 years old when the floodwaters engulfedt the earth.7 Noah entered the ark along with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives becauset of the floodwaters.8 Pairst of clean animals, of unclean animals, of birds, and of everything that creeps along the ground,9 male and female, came into the ark to Noah,t just as God had commanded him.t

10 And after seven days the floodwaters engulfed the earth.t
11 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 deepts burst open and the floodgates of the heavenss were opened.

12 And the rain fellt on the earth forty days and forty nights.
13 On that very day Noah entered the ark, accompanied by his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, along with his wife and his sons’ three wives.t14 They entered,t along with every living creature after its kind, every animal after its kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, everything with wings.t15 Pairst of all creaturest that have the breath of life came into the ark to Noah.

16 Those that entered were male and female,t just as God commanded him. Then the Lord shut him in.
17 The flood engulfed the earth for forty days. As the waters increased, they lifted the ark and raised it above the earth.18 The waters completely overwhelmedt the earth, and the ark floatedt on the surface of the waters.19 The waters completely inundatedt the earth so that event all the high mountains under the entire sky were covered.20 The waters rose more than twenty feett above the mountains.t21 And all living thingst that moved on the earth died, including the birds, domestic animals, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all humankind.22 Everything on dry land that had the breath of lifet in its nostrils died.23 So the Lordt destroyedt every living thing that was on the surface of the ground, including people, animals, creatures that creep along the ground, and birds of the sky.t They were wiped off the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark survived.t

24 The waters prevailed overs the earth for 150 days.

Genesis 8

1 But God rememberedt Noah and all the wild animals and domestic animals that were with him in the ark. God caused a wind to blow overt the earth and the waters receded.2 The fountains of the deep and the floodgates of heaven were closed,t and the rain stopped falling from the sky.3 The waters kept receding steadilyt from the earth, so that theyt had gone downt by the end of the 150 days.4 On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on one of the mountains of Ararat.ts

5 The waters kept on recedingt until the tenth month. On the first day of the tenth month, the tops of the mountains became visible.t
6 At the end of forty days,t Noah opened the window he had made in the arkt

7 and sent out a raven; it kept flyingt back and forth until the waters had dried up on the earth.
8 Then Noaht sent out a dovet to see if the waters had recededt from the surface of the ground.9 The dove could not find a resting place for its feet because water still coveredt the surface of the entire earth, and so it returned to Noaht in the ark. He stretched out his hand, took the dove,t and brought it back into the ark.t10 He waited seven more days and then sent out the dove again from the ark.11 Whent the dove returned to him in the evening, there wast a freshly plucked olive leaf in its beak! Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.

12 He waited another seven days and sent the dove out again,t but it did not return to him this time.t
13 In Noah’s six hundred and first year,t in the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth, and Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw thatt the surface of the ground was dry.

14 And by the twenty-seventh day of the second month the eartht was dry.
15 Then God spoke to Noah and said,16 “Come out of the ark, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons’ wives with you.

17 Bring out with you all the living creatures that are with you. Bring outt every living thing, including the birds, animals, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. Let them increaset and be fruitful and multiply on the earth!”t
18 Noah went out along with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives.

19 Every living creature, every creeping thing, every bird, and everything that moves on the earth went out of the ark in their groups.
20 Noah built an altar to the Lord. He then took some of every kind of clean animal and clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.s

21 And the Lord smelled the soothing aromat and saidt to himself,t “I will never again curset the ground because of humankind, even thought the inclination of their mindst is evil from childhood on.t I will never again destroy everything that lives, as I have just done.

22 “While the earth continues to exist,t
planting timet and harvest,
cold and heat,
summer and winter,
and day and night will not cease.”