Genesis 7

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 And the Lord said to him: “Enter the ark, you and all your house. For I have seen you to be just in my sight, within this generation.	1 Then the LORD said to Noah: "Go into the ark, you and all your household, for you alone in this age have I found to be truly just.
2 From all the clean animals, take seven and seven, the male and the female. Yet truly, from animals that are unclean, take two and two, the male and the female.	2 Of every clean animal, take with you seven pairs, a male and its mate; and of the unclean animals, one pair, a male and its mate;
3 But also from the birds of the air, take seven and seven, the male and the female, so that offspring may be saved upon the face of the whole earth.	3 likewise, of every clean bird of the air, seven pairs, a male and a female, and of all the unclean birds, one pair, a male and a female. Thus you will keep their issue alive over all the earth.
4 For from that point, and after seven days, I will rain upon the earth for forty days and forty nights. And I will wipe away every substance that I have made, from the surface of the earth.”	4 Seven days from now I will bring rain down on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and so I will wipe out from the surface of the earth every moving creature that I have made."
5 Therefore, Noah did all things just as the Lord had commanded him.	5 Noah did just as the LORD had commanded him.
6 And he was six hundred years old when the waters of the great flood inundated the earth.	6 Noah was six hundred years old when the flood waters came upon the earth.
7 And Noah entered into the ark, and his sons, his wife, and the wives of his sons with him, because of the waters of the great flood.	7 Together with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives, Noah went into the ark because of the waters of the flood.
8 And from the animals both clean and unclean, and from the birds, and from everything that moves upon the earth,	8 Of the clean animals and the unclean, of the birds, and of everything that creeps on the ground,
9 two by two they were brought into the ark to Noah, male and female, just as the Lord had instructed Noah.	9 (two by two) male and female entered the ark with Noah, just as the LORD had commanded him.
10 And when seven days had passed, the waters of the great flood inundated the earth.	10 As soon as the seven days were over, the waters of the flood came upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great abyss were released, and the floodgates of heaven were opened.	11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month: it was on that day that All the fountains of the great abyss burst forth, and the floodgates of the sky were opened.
12 And rain came upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.	12 For forty days and forty nights heavy rain poured down on the earth.
13 On the very same day, Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark.	13 On the precise day named, Noah and his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of Noah's sons had entered the ark,
14 They and every animal according to its kind, and all the cattle in their kind, and everything that moves upon the earth in their kind, and every flying thing according to its kind, all the birds and all that can fly,	14 together with every kind of wild beast, every kind of domestic animal, every kind of creeping thing of the earth, and every kind of bird.
15 entered the ark to Noah, two by two out of all that is flesh, in which there was the breath of life.	15 Pairs of all creatures in which there was the breath of life entered the ark with Noah.
16 And those that entered went in male and female, from all that is flesh, just as God had instructed him. And then the Lord closed him in from the outside.	16 Those that entered were male and female, and of all species they came, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.
17 And the great flood occurred for forty days upon the earth. And the waters were increased, and they lifted the ark high above the land.	17 The flood continued upon the earth for forty days. As the waters increased, they lifted the ark, so that it rose above the earth.
18 For they overflowed greatly, and they filled everything on the surface of the earth. And then the ark was carried across the waters.	18 The swelling waters increased greatly, but the ark floated on the surface of the waters.
19 And the waters prevailed beyond measure across the earth. And all the lofty mountains under the whole heaven were covered.	19 Higher and higher above the earth rose the waters, until all the highest mountains everywhere were submerged,
20 The water was fifteen cubits higher than the mountains which it covered.	20 the crest rising fifteen cubits higher than the submerged mountains.
21 And all flesh was consumed which moved upon the earth: flying things, animals, wild beasts, and all moving things that crawl upon the ground. And all men,	21 All creatures that stirred on earth perished: birds, cattle, wild animals, and all that swarmed on the earth, as well as all mankind.
22 and everything in which there is the breath of life on earth, died.	22 Everything on dry land with the faintest breath of life in its nostrils died out.
23 And he wiped away all substance that was upon the earth, from man to animal, the crawling things just as much as the flying things of the air. And they were wiped away from the earth. But only Noah remained, and those who were with him in the ark.	23 The LORD wiped out every living thing on earth: man and cattle, the creeping things and the birds of the air; all were wiped out from the earth. Only Noah and those with him in the ark were left.
24 And the waters possessed the earth for one hundred and fifty days.	24 The waters maintained their crest over the earth for one hundred and fifty days,