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And they that went in, went inmale and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.
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And the flood was fortydays upon the earth; and the watersincreased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
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And the watersprevailed, and were increasedgreatly upon the earth; and the arkwent upon the face of the waters.
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And the watersprevailedexceedinglyupon the earth; and all the highhills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
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Fifteen*cubitsupward did the watersprevail; and the mountains were covered.
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And all fleshdied 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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All in whose nostrils was the breath[a]oflife, of all that was in the dry land, died.
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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 Noahonlyremained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
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And the watersprevailed upon the earth an hundred and fiftydays.