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1. Then the Lord said to Noah, "I have seen that you are a good man, even among the evil people of this time. So gather your family, and all of you go into the boat.
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1. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto Noah H5146 , Come H935 thou H859 and all H3605 thy house H1004 into H413 the ark H8392 ; for H3588 thee have I seen H7200 righteous H6662 before H6440 me in this H2088 generation H1755 .
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2. Get seven pairs (seven males and seven females) of every kind of clean animal. And get one pair (one male and one female) of every other animal on the earth. Lead all these animals into the boat with you.
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2. Of every H4480 H3605 clean H2889 beast H929 thou shalt take H3947 to thee by sevens H7651 H7651 , the male H376 and his female H802 : and of H4480 beasts H929 that H834 are not H3808 clean H2889 by two H8147 , the male H376 and his female H802 .
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3. Get seven pairs (seven males and seven females) of all the birds. This will allow all these animals to continue living on the earth after the other animals are destroyed.
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3. Of fowls H4480 H5775 also H1571 of the air H8064 by sevens H7651 H7651 , the male H2145 and the female H5347 ; to keep seed H2233 alive H2421 upon H5921 the face H6440 of all H3605 the earth H776 .
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4. Seven days from now, I will send much rain on the earth. It will rain for 40 days and 40 nights, and I will wipe everything off the face of the earth. I will destroy everything I made."
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4. For H3588 yet H5750 seven H7651 days H3117 , and I H595 will cause it to rain H4305 upon H5921 the earth H776 forty H705 days H3117 and forty H705 nights H3915 ; and H853 every H3605 living substance H3351 that H834 I have made H6213 will I destroy H4229 from off H4480 H5921 the face H6440 of the earth H127 .
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5. Noah did everything the Lord told him to do.
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5. And Noah H5146 did H6213 according unto all H3605 that H834 the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 him.
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6. Noah was 600 years old at the time the rains came.
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6. And Noah H5146 was six H8337 hundred H3967 years H8141 old H1121 when the flood H3999 of waters H4325 was H1961 upon H5921 the earth H776 .
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7. He and his family went into the boat to be saved from the flood. His wife and his sons and their wives were on the boat with him.
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7. And Noah H5146 went in H935 , and his sons H1121 , and his wife H802 , and his sons H1121 ' wives H802 with H854 him, into H413 the ark H8392 , because H4480 H6440 of the waters H4325 of the flood H3999 .
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8. All the clean animals, all the other animals on the earth, the birds, and everything that crawls on the earth
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8. Of H4480 clean H2889 beasts H929 , and of H4480 beasts H929 that H834 are not H369 clean H2889 , and of H4480 fowls H5775 , and of every thing H3605 that H834 creepeth H7430 upon H5921 the earth H127 ,
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9. went into the boat with Noah. These animals went into the boat in groups of two, male and female, just as God commanded.
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9. There went in H935 two H8147 and two H8147 unto H413 Noah H5146 into H413 the ark H8392 , the male H2145 and the female H5347 , as H834 God H430 had commanded H6680 H853 Noah H5146 .
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10. Seven days later the flood started. The rain began to fall on the earth.
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10. And it came to pass H1961 after seven H7651 days H3117 , that the waters H4325 of the flood H3999 were H1961 upon H5921 the earth H776 .
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11. On the 17 day of the second month, when Noah was 600 years old, the springs under the earth broke through the ground, and water flowed out everywhere. The sky also opened like windows and rain poured down. The rain fell on the earth for 40 days and 40 nights. That same day Noah went into the boat with his wife, his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and their wives.
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11. In the six H8337 hundredth H3967 year H8141 of Noah H5146 's life H2416 , in the second H8145 month H2320 , the seventeenth H7651 H6240 day H3117 of the month H2320 , the same H2320 day H3117 were all H3605 the fountains H4599 of the great H7227 deep H8415 broken up H1234 , and the windows H699 of heaven H8064 were opened H6605 .
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12. And the rain H1653 was H1961 upon H5921 the earth H776 forty H705 days H3117 and forty H705 nights H3915 .
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13. In the selfsame H6106 H2088 day H3117 entered H935 Noah H5146 , and Shem H8035 , and Ham H2526 , and Japheth H3315 , the sons H1121 of Noah H5146 , and Noah H5146 's wife H802 , and the three H7969 wives H802 of his sons H1121 with H854 them, into H413 the ark H8392 ;
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14. They and every kind of animal on the earth were in the boat. Every kind of cattle, every kind of animal that crawls on the earth, and every kind of bird were in the boat.
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14. They H1992 , and every H3605 beast H2416 after his kind H4327 , and all H3605 the cattle H929 after their kind H4327 , and every H3605 creeping thing H7431 that creepeth H7430 upon H5921 the earth H776 after his kind H4327 , and every H3605 fowl H5775 after his kind H4327 , every H3605 bird H6833 of every H3605 sort H3671 .
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15. All these animals went into the boat with Noah. They came in groups of two from every kind of animal that had the breath of life.
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15. And they went in H935 unto H413 Noah H5146 into H413 the ark H8392 , two H8147 and two H8147 of all H4480 H3605 flesh H1320 , wherein H834 is the breath H7307 of life H2416 .
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16. All these animals went into the boat in groups of two, just as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord closed the door behind Noah.
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16. And they that went in H935 , went in H935 male H2145 and female H5347 of all H4480 H3605 flesh H1320 , as H834 God H430 had commanded H6680 him : and the LORD H3068 shut him in H5462 H1157 .
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17. Water flooded the earth for 40 days. The water began rising and lifted the boat off the ground.
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17. And the flood H3999 was H1961 forty H705 days H3117 upon H5921 the earth H776 ; and the waters H4325 increased H7235 , and bore up H5375 H853 the ark H8392 , and it was lifted up H7311 above H4480 H5921 the earth H776 .
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18. The water continued to rise, and the boat floated on the water high above the earth.
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18. And the waters H4325 prevailed H1396 , and were increased H7235 greatly H3966 upon H5921 the earth H776 ; and the ark H8392 went H1980 upon H5921 the face H6440 of the waters H4325 .
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19. The water rose so much that even the highest mountains were covered by the water.
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19. And the waters H4325 prevailed H1396 exceedingly H3966 H3966 upon H5921 the earth H776 ; and all H3605 the high H1364 hills H2022 , that H834 were under H8478 the whole H3605 heaven H8064 , were covered H3680 .
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20. The water continued to rise above the mountains. The water was more than 20 feet above the highest mountain.
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20. Fifteen H2568 H6240 cubits H520 upward H4480 H4605 did the waters H4325 prevail H1396 ; and the mountains H2022 were covered H3680 .
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21. Every living thing on earth died� every man and woman, every bird, and every kind of animal. All the many kinds of animals and all the things that crawl on the ground died. Every living, breathing thing on dry land died.
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21. And all H3605 flesh H1320 died H1478 that moved H7430 upon H5921 the earth H776 , both of fowl H5775 , and of cattle H929 , and of beast H2416 , and of every H3605 creeping thing H8318 that creepeth H8317 upon H5921 the earth H776 , and every H3605 man H120 :
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22. All H3605 in whose nostrils H639 was the breath H5397 H7307 of life H2416 , of all H4480 H3605 that H834 was in the dry H2724 land , died H4191 .
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23. In this way God wiped the earth clean�he destroyed every living thing on the earth�every human, every animal, everything that crawls, and every bird. All that was left was Noah and his family and the animals that were with him in the boat.
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23. And H853 every H3605 living substance H3351 was destroyed H4229 which H834 was upon H5921 the face H6440 of the ground H127 , both man H4480 H120 , and H5704 cattle H929 , and H5704 the creeping things H7431 , and H5704 the fowl H5775 of the heaven H8064 ; and they were destroyed H4229 from H4480 the earth H776 : and Noah H5146 only H389 remained H7604 alive , and they that H834 were with H854 him in the ark H8392 .
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24. The water continued to cover the earth for 150 days.
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24. And the waters H4325 prevailed H1396 upon H5921 the earth H776 a hundred H3967 and fifty H2572 days H3117 .
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