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1 And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
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Then the Lord said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you alone are righteous before me in this generation.
2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
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Take with you seven pairs of all clean animals, the male and its mate; and a pair of the animals that are not clean, the male and its mate;
3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
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and seven pairs of the birds of the air also, male and female, to keep their kind alive on the face of all the earth.
4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
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For in seven days I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights; and every living thing that I have made I will blot out from the face of the ground."
5 And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.
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And Noah did all that the Lord had commanded him.
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
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Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came on the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
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And Noah with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives went into the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
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Of clean animals, and of animals that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creeps on the ground,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
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two and two, male and female, went into the ark with Noah, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
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And after seven days the waters of the flood came on the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
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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 deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
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The rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.
13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
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On the very same day Noah with his sons, Shem and Ham and Japheth, and Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons entered the ark,
14 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
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they and every wild animal of every kind, and all domestic animals of every kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every bird of every kind—every bird, every winged creature.
15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
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They went into the ark with Noah, two and two of all flesh in which there was the breath of life.
16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.
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And those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him; and the Lord shut him in.
17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
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The flood continued forty days on the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.
18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
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The waters swelled and increased greatly on the earth; and the ark floated on the face of the waters.
19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
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The waters swelled so mightily on the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered;
20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
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the waters swelled above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits deep.
21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:
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And all flesh died that moved on the earth, birds, domestic animals, wild animals, all swarming creatures that swarm on the earth, and all human beings;
22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
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everything on dry land in whose nostrils was the breath of life died.
23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
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He blotted out every living thing that was on the face of the ground, human beings and animals and creeping things and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those that were with him in the ark.
24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.
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And the waters swelled on the earth for one hundred fifty days.
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