Gen 7 | NASB2020 | STEP | Then 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 generation .

Genesis 7

The Flood

1 Then the Lord said to Noah, “Enter the ark, you and all your household, for you alone I have seen to be ^arighteous before Me in this generation. 2 You shall take ^{▼▼Lit to}with you ^{▼▼Lit seven seven}seven pairs of every ^dclean animal, a male and his female; and two of the animals that are not clean, a male and his female; 3 also of the birds of the sky, ^{▼▼Lit seven seven}seven pairs, male and female, to keep their ^{▼▼Lit seed}offspring alive on the face of all the earth. 4 For after ^gseven more days, I will send rain on the earth for ^hforty days and forty nights; and I will wipe out from the face of the land ⁱevery living thing that I have made.” 5 So ^jNoah acted in accordance with everything that the Lord had commanded him.

6 Now Noah was ^ksix hundred years old when the flood of water ^{▼▼Lit was}came upon the earth. 7 Then ^mNoah and his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives with him entered the ark because of the waters of the flood. 8 ⁿOf clean animals and animals that are not clean and birds and everything that crawls on the ground, 9 they all went into the ark to Noah ^{▼▼Lit two two}by twos, male and female, as God had commanded Noah. 10 Now it came about after ^pthe seven days, that the waters of the flood ^{▼▼Lit were}came upon the earth. 11 In the ^rsix hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all ^sthe fountains of the great deep burst open, and the ^{▼▼Or windows of the heavens}floodgates of the sky were opened. 12 ^uThe rain ^{▼▼Lit was}fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.

13 On this very same day ^wNoah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark, 14 they and every animal according to its kind, and all the livestock according to ^{▼▼Lit its}their kind, and every crawling thing that crawls on the earth according to its kind, and every bird according to its kind, ^{▼▼Lit every bird, every wing}all sorts of birds. 15 So they went into the ark to Noah, ^zby twos of all flesh in which there was the breath of life. 16 Those that entered, male and female of all flesh, entered as God had commanded him; and the Lord closed the door behind him.

17 Then the flood ^{▼▼Lit was}came upon the earth for ^abforty days, and the water increased and lifted up the ark, so that it rose above the earth. 18 The water prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark ^{▼▼Lit went}floated on the ^{▼▼Lit face}surface of the water. 19 And the water prevailed more and more upon the earth, so that all the high mountains ^{▼▼Lit which were under all the heavens}everywhere under the heavens were covered. 20 The water prevailed ^{▼▼About 23 ft. or 6.7 m}fifteen cubits higher, ^agand the mountains were covered. 21 So ^ahall ^{▼▼Lit flesh}creatures that moved on the earth perished: birds, livestock, animals, and every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind; 22 of all that was on the dry land, all ^ajin whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, died. 23 So He wiped out ^{▼▼Lit all existence}every living thing that was upon the face of the land, from mankind to animals, to crawling things, and the birds of the sky, and they were wiped out from the earth; and only ^alNoah was left, together with those that were with him in the ark. 24 ^amThe water prevailed upon the earth for 150 days.