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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 sources of the watery depths burst open, the floodgates of the sky were opened,
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In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month—on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
12 and the rain fell on the earth 40 days and 40 nights.
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And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.
13 On that same day Noah along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, Noah's wife, and his three sons' wives entered the ark with him.
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On that very day Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three sons, entered the ark.
14 They [entered it] with all the wildlife according to their kinds, all livestock according to their kinds, every creature that crawls on the earth according to its kind, all birds, every fowl, and everything with wings according to their kinds.
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They had with them every wild animal according to its kind, all livestock according to their kinds, every creature that moves along the ground according to its kind and every bird according to its kind, everything with wings.
15 Two of all flesh that has the breath of life in it entered the ark with Noah.
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Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life in them came to Noah and entered the ark.
16 Those that entered, male and female of all flesh, entered just as God had commanded him. Then the Lord shut him in.
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The animals going in were male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.
17 The deluge continued 40 days on the earth; the waters increased and lifted up the ark so that it rose above the earth.
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For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth.
18 The waters surged and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water.
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The waters rose and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water.
19 Then the waters surged even higher on the earth, and all the high mountains under the whole sky were covered.
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They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered.
20 The mountains were covered as the waters surged [above them] more than 20 feet.
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The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than fifteen cubits.
21 All flesh perished-creatures that crawl on the earth, birds, livestock, wildlife, and all creatures that swarm on the earth, as well as all mankind.
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Every living thing that moved on land perished—birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind.
22 Everything with the breath of the spirit of life in its nostrils-everything on dry land died.
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Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.
23 He wiped out every living thing that was on the surface of the ground, from mankind to livestock, to creatures that crawl, to the birds of the sky, and they were wiped off the earth. Only Noah was left, and those that were with him in the ark.
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Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out; people and animals and the creatures that move along the ground and the birds were wiped from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark.
24 And the waters surged on the earth 150 days.
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The waters flooded the earth for a hundred and fifty days.
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