When
everything was ready, the Lord said
to Noah, “Go into the boat with all your family, for among all the people of
the earth, I can see that you alone are righteous. Take
with you seven pairs—male and female—of each animal I have approved for eating
and for sacrifice, and take one pair of each of the
others. Also take seven pairs of every kind of bird. There must be a male
and a female in each pair to ensure that all life will survive on the earth
after the flood. Seven days from now I will make the rains pour
down on the earth. And it will rain for forty days and forty nights, until I
have wiped from the earth all the living things I have created.”
So
Noah did everything as the Lord commanded
him.
Noah
was 600 years old when the flood covered the earth. He went on board the
boat to escape the flood—he and his wife and his sons and their
wives. With them were all the various kinds of animals—those approved for
eating and for sacrifice and those that were not—along with all the birds and
the small animals that scurry along the ground. They
entered the boat in pairs, male and female, just as God had commanded
Noah. After seven days, the waters of the flood came and
covered the earth.
When
Noah was 600 years old, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the
underground waters erupted from the earth, and the rain fell in mighty torrents
from the sky. The rain continued to fall for forty days and forty nights.
That
very day Noah had gone into the boat with his wife and his sons—Shem, Ham, and
Japheth—and their wives. With them in the boat were pairs of every kind of
animal—domestic and wild, large and small—along with birds of every
kind. Two by two they came into the boat, representing every living thing
that breathes. A male and female of each kind entered, just as God had
commanded Noah. Then the Lord closed
the door behind them.
For
forty days the floodwaters grew deeper, covering the ground and lifting the
boat high above the earth. As the waters rose higher and higher above the
ground, the boat floated safely on the surface. Finally, the
water covered even the highest mountains on the earth, rising
more than twenty-two feet above the highest peaks. All the living
things on earth died—birds, domestic animals, wild animals, small animals that
scurry along the ground, and all the people. Everything that
breathed and lived on dry land died. God wiped out every living thing on
the earth—people, livestock, small animals that scurry along the ground, and
the birds of the sky. All were destroyed. The only people who survived were
Noah and those with him in the boat. And the floodwaters covered the earth
for 150 days.
But
God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and livestock with him in the boat. He sent a wind to blow across the earth, and
the floodwaters began to recede. The underground waters stopped flowing,
and the torrential rains from the sky were stopped. So the floodwaters
gradually receded from the earth. After 150 days, exactly five months from
the time the flood began, the boat came to rest on the mountains of
Ararat. Two and a half months later, as the waters
continued to go down, other mountain peaks became visible.
After
another forty days, Noah opened the window he had made in the boat and
released a raven. The bird flew back and forth until the floodwaters on the
earth had dried up. He also released a dove to see if the water had
receded and it could find dry ground. But the dove could find no place to
land because the water still covered the ground. So it returned to the boat,
and Noah held out his hand and drew the dove back inside. After waiting
another seven days, Noah released the dove again. This time the dove
returned to him in the evening with a fresh olive leaf in its beak. Then Noah
knew that the floodwaters were almost gone. He waited another seven days
and then released the dove again. This time it did not come back.
Noah
was now 601 years old. On the first day of the new year, ten and a half months after
the flood began, the floodwaters had almost dried up from the
earth. Noah lifted back the covering of the boat and saw that the surface of
the ground was drying. Two more months went by, and at last the earth
was dry!
So
Noah, his wife, and his sons and their wives left the boat. And all of the
large and small animals and birds came out of the boat, pair by pair.
Then
Noah built an altar to the Lord, and
there he sacrificed as burnt offerings the animals and birds that had been
approved for that purpose. And the Lord was
pleased with the aroma of the sacrifice and said to himself, “I will never
again curse the ground because of the human race, even though everything they
think or imagine is bent toward evil from childhood. I will never again destroy
all living things. As long as the earth remains, there will be planting
and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night.”
Then
God blessed Noah and his sons and told them, “Be fruitful
and multiply. Fill the earth. All the animals of the
earth, all the birds of the sky, all the small animals that scurry along the
ground, and all the fish in the sea will look on you with fear and terror. I
have placed them in your power. I have given them to you for food, just as
I have given you grain and vegetables. But you must never eat any meat
that still has the lifeblood in it.
Then
God told Noah and his sons, “I hereby confirm my covenant with you and
your descendants, and with all the animals that were on the boat with
you—the birds, the livestock, and all the wild animals—every living creature on
earth. Yes, I am confirming my covenant with you. Never again will
floodwaters kill all living creatures; never again will a flood destroy the
earth.”
Then
God said, “I am giving you a sign of my covenant with you and with all living
creatures, for all generations to come. I have placed my rainbow in
the clouds. It is the sign of my covenant with you and with all the
earth. When I send clouds over the earth, the rainbow will appear in the
clouds, and I will remember my covenant with you and with all living
creatures. Never again will the floodwaters destroy all life. When I see
the rainbow in the clouds, I will remember the eternal covenant between God and
every living creature on earth.”
Then
God said to Noah, “Yes, this rainbow is the sign of the covenant I am
confirming with all the creatures on earth.”
The
sons of Noah who came out of the boat with their father were Shem, Ham, and
Japheth. (Ham is the father of Canaan.) From these three sons of Noah
came all the people who now populate the earth.
It
was by faith that Noah built a large boat to save his
family from the flood. He obeyed God, who warned him about things that had
never happened before. By his faith Noah condemned the
rest of the world, and he received the righteousness that comes by faith.
When
everything was ready, the Lord said
to Noah, “Go into the boat with all your family, for among all the people of
the earth, I can see that you alone are righteous. Take
with you seven pairs—male and female—of each animal I have approved for eating
and for sacrifice, and take one pair of each of the
others. Also take seven pairs of every kind of bird. There must be a male
and a female in each pair to ensure that all life will survive on the earth
after the flood. Seven days from now I will make the rains pour
down on the earth. And it will rain for forty days and forty nights, until I
have wiped from the earth all the living things I have created.”
So
Noah did everything as the Lord commanded
him.
Noah
was 600 years old when the flood covered the earth. He went on board the
boat to escape the flood—he and his wife and his sons and their
wives. With them were all the various kinds of animals—those approved for
eating and for sacrifice and those that were not—along with all the birds and
the small animals that scurry along the ground. They
entered the boat in pairs, male and female, just as God had commanded
Noah. After seven days, the waters of the flood came and
covered the earth.
When
Noah was 600 years old, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the
underground waters erupted from the earth, and the rain fell in mighty torrents
from the sky. The rain continued to fall for forty days and forty nights.
That
very day Noah had gone into the boat with his wife and his sons—Shem, Ham, and
Japheth—and their wives. With them in the boat were pairs of every kind of
animal—domestic and wild, large and small—along with birds of every
kind. Two by two they came into the boat, representing every living thing
that breathes. A male and female of each kind entered, just as God had
commanded Noah. Then the Lord closed
the door behind them.
For
forty days the floodwaters grew deeper, covering the ground and lifting the
boat high above the earth. As the waters rose higher and higher above the
ground, the boat floated safely on the surface. Finally, the
water covered even the highest mountains on the earth, rising
more than twenty-two feet above the highest peaks. All the living
things on earth died—birds, domestic animals, wild animals, small animals that
scurry along the ground, and all the people. Everything that
breathed and lived on dry land died. God wiped out every living thing on
the earth—people, livestock, small animals that scurry along the ground, and
the birds of the sky. All were destroyed. The only people who survived were
Noah and those with him in the boat. And the floodwaters covered the earth
for 150 days.
But
God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and livestock with him in the boat. He sent a wind to blow across the earth, and
the floodwaters began to recede. The underground waters stopped flowing,
and the torrential rains from the sky were stopped. So the floodwaters
gradually receded from the earth. After 150 days, exactly five months from
the time the flood began, the boat came to rest on the mountains of
Ararat. Two and a half months later, as the waters
continued to go down, other mountain peaks became visible.
After
another forty days, Noah opened the window he had made in the boat and
released a raven. The bird flew back and forth until the floodwaters on the
earth had dried up. He also released a dove to see if the water had
receded and it could find dry ground. But the dove could find no place to
land because the water still covered the ground. So it returned to the boat,
and Noah held out his hand and drew the dove back inside. After waiting
another seven days, Noah released the dove again. This time the dove
returned to him in the evening with a fresh olive leaf in its beak. Then Noah
knew that the floodwaters were almost gone. He waited another seven days
and then released the dove again. This time it did not come back.
Noah
was now 601 years old. On the first day of the new year, ten and a half months after
the flood began, the floodwaters had almost dried up from the
earth. Noah lifted back the covering of the boat and saw that the surface of
the ground was drying. Two more months went by, and at last the earth
was dry!
Then
God said to Noah, “Leave the boat, all of you—you and
your wife, and your sons and their wives. Release all the animals—the
birds, the livestock, and the small animals that scurry along the ground—so
they can be fruitful and multiply throughout the earth.”
So
Noah, his wife, and his sons and their wives left the boat. And all of the
large and small animals and birds came out of the boat, pair by pair.
Then
Noah built an altar to the Lord, and
there he sacrificed as burnt offerings the animals and birds that had been
approved for that purpose. And the Lord was
pleased with the aroma of the sacrifice and said to himself, “I will never
again curse the ground because of the human race, even though everything they
think or imagine is bent toward evil from childhood. I will never again destroy
all living things. As long as the earth remains, there will be planting
and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night.”
Then
God blessed Noah and his sons and told them, “Be fruitful
and multiply. Fill the earth. All the animals of the
earth, all the birds of the sky, all the small animals that scurry along the
ground, and all the fish in the sea will look on you with fear and terror. I
have placed them in your power. I have given them to you for food, just as
I have given you grain and vegetables. But you must never eat any meat
that still has the lifeblood in it.
“And
I will require the blood of anyone who takes another person’s life. If a wild
animal kills a person, it must die. And anyone who murders a fellow human must
die. If anyone takes a human life, that person’s life will also be taken
by human hands. For God made human beings in his own image. Now
be fruitful and multiply, and repopulate the earth.”
Then
God told Noah and his sons, “I hereby confirm my covenant with you and
your descendants, and with all the animals that were on the boat with
you—the birds, the livestock, and all the wild animals—every living creature on
earth. Yes, I am confirming my covenant with you. Never again will
floodwaters kill all living creatures; never again will a flood destroy the
earth.”
Then
God said, “I am giving you a sign of my covenant with you and with all living
creatures, for all generations to come. I have placed my rainbow in
the clouds. It is the sign of my covenant with you and with all the
earth. When I send clouds over the earth, the rainbow will appear in the
clouds, and I will remember my covenant with you and with all living
creatures. Never again will the floodwaters destroy all life. When I see
the rainbow in the clouds, I will remember the eternal covenant between God and
every living creature on earth.”
Then
God said to Noah, “Yes, this rainbow is the sign of the covenant I am
confirming with all the creatures on earth.”
The
sons of Noah who came out of the boat with their father were Shem, Ham, and
Japheth. (Ham is the father of Canaan.) From these three sons of Noah
came all the people who now populate the earth.
It
was by faith that Noah built a large boat to save his
family from the flood. He obeyed God, who warned him about things that had
never happened before. By his faith Noah condemned the
rest of the world, and he received the righteousness that comes by faith.
~ Source: Genesis 7,8,9:1-19; Hebrews
11:7 [Holy Bible - NLT] from https://www.biblegateway.com
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