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1. Then the Lord said to Noah, "I have seen that you are the best person among the people of this time, so you and your family can 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. Take with you seven pairs, each male with its female, of every kind of clean animal, and take one pair, each male with its female, of every kind of unclean animal.
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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. Take seven pairs of all the birds of the sky, each male with its female. This will allow all these animals to continue living on the earth after the flood.
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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 rain on the earth. It will rain forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe off from the earth every living thing that I have 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 commanded him.
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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 six hundred years old when the flood 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 wife and his sons and their wives went into the boat to escape the waters of the flood.
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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. The clean animals, the unclean animals, the birds, and everything that crawls on the ground
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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. came to Noah. They went into the boat in groups of two, male and female, just as God had commanded Noah.
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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.
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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. When Noah was six hundred years old, the flood started. On the seventeenth day of the second month of that year the underground springs split open, and the clouds in the sky poured out rain.
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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. The rain fell on the earth for forty days and forty nights.
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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. On that same day Noah and his wife, his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and their wives went into the boat.
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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 had every kind of wild and tame animal, every kind of animal that crawls on the earth, and every kind of bird.
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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. Every creature that had the breath of life came to Noah in the boat in groups of two.
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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. One male and one female of every living thing came, just as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord closed the door behind them.
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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 forty days, and as it rose it 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 it 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 under the sky were covered by it.
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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. It continued to rise until it was more than twenty feet above the mountains.
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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. All living things that moved on the earth died. This included all the birds, tame animals, wild animals, and creatures that swarm on the earth, as well as all human beings.
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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. So everything on dry land that had the breath of life in it died.
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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. God destroyed from the earth every living thing that was on the land -- every man, animal, crawling thing, and bird of the sky. All that was left was Noah and what was 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. And the waters continued to cover the earth for one hundred fifty 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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