Bereshis 7-9

Orthodox Jewish Bible

7 And Hashem said unto Noach, Come thou and all thy bais into the tevah (ark); for thee have I found tzaddik before Me in dor hazeh.

² Of every behemah hatehorah thou shalt take to thee by sevens; the male and his mate; and of behemah that are not tehorah by two, the male and his mate.

³ Of also Oph HaShomayim by sevens, the zachar and the nekevah; to keep zera alive upon the face of kol ha’aretz.

⁴ For shivah yamim from now, and I will cause it to rain upon ha’aretz arba’im yom and arba’im lailah; and every living creature that I have made will I wipe out from off the p’nei ha’adamah.

⁵ And Noach did according unto all that Hashem commanded him.

⁶ And Noach was shesh me’ot shanah when the mabbul waters were upon ha’aretz.

⁷ And Noach entered in, and his banim, and his isha, and nashim of his banim with him, into the tevah (ark), because of the waters of the mabbul.

⁸ Of behemah hatehorah, and of behemah that are not tehorah, and of haoph, and of every thing that creepeth upon ha’adamah,

⁹ There went in shnayim shnayim unto Noach into the tevah (ark), the zachar and the nekevah, as Elohim had commanded Noach.

¹⁰ And it came to pass after shivat hayamim, that the waters of the mabbul were upon ha’aretz.

¹¹ In the six hundredth year of Noach’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of Shomayim were opened.

¹² And the geshem was upon ha’aretz arba’im yom and arba’im lailah.

¹³ On that very yom entered Noach, and Shem, and Cham, and Yephet, the bnei Noach, and Noach’s isha, and the three nashim of his banim with them, into the tevah (ark);

¹⁴ They, and every beast after its kind, and kol habehemah after their kind, and every remes that crawls upon ha’aretz after its kind, and kol haoph after its kind, every bird of every sort.

¹⁵ And they went in unto Noach into the tevah (ark), shnayim shnayim of kol habasar, wherein is the ruach chayyim.

¹⁶ And they that went in, went in zachar and nekevah of kol basar, as Elohim had commanded him; then Hashem shut him in.

¹⁷ And the mabbul was arba’im yom upon ha’aretz; and the waters increased, and lifted up the tevah (ark), and it rose above ha’aretz.

¹⁸ And the waters rose, and were increased greatly upon ha’aretz; and the tevah (ark) floated upon the face of the waters.

¹⁹ And the waters rose exceedingly upon ha’aretz; and all the high hills, that were under kol HaShomayim, were covered.

²⁰ Fifteen cubits upward did the waters rise; and the harim were covered.

²¹ And kol basar perished that moved upon ha’aretz, both of Oph, and of Behemah, and of Beast, and of every Swarming Thing that swarms upon ha’aretz, and kol haadam;

²² All in whose nostrils was the ruach chayyim, of all that was in the dry land, perished.

²³ And every living creature was wiped out which was upon the p’nei haadamah, both Adam, and Behemah, and the Remes, and the Oph HaShomayim; and they were wiped out from ha’aretz: and Noach only remained alive, and they that were with him in the tevah (ark).

²⁴ And the waters flooded upon ha’aretz a hundred and fifty days.

8 And Elohim remembered Noach, and every living thing, and all the behemah that was with him in the tevah (ark); and Elohim made a ruach to pass over ha’aretz, and the waters subsided;

² The ma’ayanot (springs) also of the tehom and the floodgates of Shomayim were stopped, and the geshem from Shomayim was restrained;

³ And the waters receded from on ha’aretz continually; and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

⁴ And the tevah (ark) rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

⁵ And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the rashei heharim seen.

⁶ And it came to pass at the end of arba’im yom, that Noach opened the chalon (window) of the tevah (ark) which he had made;

⁷ And he sent forth the orev (raven), which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off ha’aretz.

⁸ Also he sent forth a yonah (dove) from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the adamah;

⁹ But the yonah found no manoach (place of rest) for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the tevah, for the waters were on the p’nei kol ha’aretz; then he reached forth his yad, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the tevah (ark).

¹⁰ And he waited yet another shivat yamim; and again he sent forth the yonah out of the tevah (ark);

¹¹ And the yonah returned to him in the erev; and, hinei, in her beak was a zayit (olive) leaf freshly plucked; so Noach had da’as that the mayim were abated from off ha’aretz.

¹² And he waited yet another shivat yamim; and sent forth the yonah; which returned not unto him again.

¹³ And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the mayim were dried up from off ha’aretz; and Noach removed the mikhseh (covering) of the tevah (ark), and looked, and, hinei, the surface of the adamah was dry.

¹⁴ And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was ha’aretz dry.

¹⁵ And Elohim spoke unto Noach, saying,

¹⁶ Go forth of the tevah (ark), thou, and thy isha, and thy banim, and the nashim of thy banim with thee.

¹⁷ Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of kol basar, both of bird, and of behemah, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon ha’aretz; that they may multiply abundantly on ha’aretz, and be fruitful, and increase upon ha’aretz.

¹⁸ And Noach went forth, and his banim, and his isha, and the nashim of his banim with him;

¹⁹ Every animal, every remes, and every bird, and whatsoever creepeth upon ha’aretz, after their kinds, went forth out of the tevah (ark).

²⁰ And Noach built a Mizbe’ach unto Hashem; and took of every behemah hatehorah, and of kol haoph hatahor, and offered olot (burnt offerings) on the Mizbe’ach.

²¹ And Hashem smelled a re’ach hannichoach; and Hashem said in His lev, I will not again curse the adamah any more ba’avur (because of) haAdam; for the yetzer of the lev haAdam is rah from his ne’urim (youth, childhood); neither will I again strike any more every thing living, as I have done.

²² While ha’aretz remaineth, zera (seedtime) and katzir (harvest), and kor (cold) and chom (heat), and kayitz (summer) and choref (winter), and yom and lailah shall not cease.

9 Vayevarech Elohim et Noach and his banim, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish ha’aretz.

² And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of ha’aretz, and upon every bird of the air, upon all that moveth upon ha’adamah, and upon all the dagim of the yam; into your yad are they delivered.

³ Every remes that liveth shall be food for you; even as the yarok esev (green plant) have I given you all.

⁴ But basar with the nefesh thereof, which is the dahm thereof, shall ye not eat.

⁵ And surely your dahm of your nefeshot will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the yad haAdam; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the nefesh haAdam.

⁶ Shofech dahm (one who sheddeth man’s blood), by man shall his dahm be shed; for in the tzelem Elohim made He man.

⁷ And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly on ha’aretz, and multiply therein.

⁸ And Elohim spoke unto Noach, and to his banim with him, saying,

⁹ And I, hineni, I establish My brit (covenant) with you, and with your zera after you;

¹⁰ And with kol nefesh that is with you, of the bird, of the behemah, and of every animal of ha’aretz with you; from kol yotzei hatevah (all that go out of the ark), to every creature of ha’aretz.

¹¹ And I will establish My brit (covenant) with you, neither shall kol basar yikaret (be cut off, violently killed) any more by the waters of the mabbul; neither shall there be any more mabbul l’shachat (to destroy) ha’aretz.

¹² And Elohim said, This is the ot (sign) of the brit (covenant) which I make between Me and you and every nefesh chayyah (living creature) that is with you, for dorot olam (perpetual generations);

¹³ I do set My keshet (bow) in the anan (cloud), and it shall be for an ot brit between Me and ha’aretz.

¹⁴ And it shall come to pass, when I bring an anan over ha’aretz, that the keshet be’anan (rainbow) shall be seen;

¹⁵ And I will remember My brit, which is between Me and you and kol nefesh chayyah of kol basar; and the waters shall no more become a mabbul (flood) l’shachat (to destroy) kol basar.

¹⁶ And the keshet shall be in the anan; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the brit olam between Elohim and kol nefesh chayyah of kol basar that is upon ha’aretz.

¹⁷ And Elohim said unto Noach, This is the ot habrit, which I have established between Me and kol basar that is upon ha’aretz.

¹⁸ And the bnei Noach, that went forth of the tevah, were Shem, and Cham, and Yephet; and Cham is the av of Kena’an (Canaan).

¹⁹ Shloshah (Three) are the bnei Noach; and of them was the kol ha’aretz populated.

²⁰ And Noach began to be an ish ha’adamah (a man of the soil), and he planted a kerem (vineyard);

²¹ And he drank of the yayin, and became shikker (intoxicated); and he lay uncovered inside his ohel.

²² And Cham, the av of Kena’an, saw the erom (nakedness) of his av, and told his two achim on the outside.

²³ And Shem and Yephet took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and walked backward, and covered the erom of their av; and their faces were turned the other way, and they saw not the erom of their av.

²⁴ And Noach awoke from his yayin, and had da’as of what his ben katan had done unto him.

²⁵ And he said, Arur (cursed) be Kena’an; an eved of avadim shall he be unto his achim.

²⁶ And he said, Baruch Hashem Elohei Shem; and Kena’an shall be his eved.

²⁷ Elohim shall enlarge Yephet, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Kena’an shall be his eved.

²⁸ And Noach lived after the mabbul three hundred and fifty years.

²⁹ And all the days of Noach were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.