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Atëherë Zoti i tha Noeut: "Hyrë në arkë bashkë me tërë familjen tënde, sepse pashë se je i drejtë para meje në këtë brez.

Nga çdo lloj kafshe të pastër merr shtatë çifte, meshkuj e femra, si dhe nga kafshët jo të pastra një çift, mashkull dhe femër;

edhe nga zogjtë e qiellit merr shtatë çifte, meshkuj e femra, për të ruajtur gjallë farën e tyre mbi faqen e tërë dheut;

sepse mbas shtatë ditëve do të bëj që të bjerë shi mbi tokë për dyzet ditë e dyzet net me rradhë, dhe do të shfaros nga faqja e dheut tërë qeniet e gjalla që kam krijuar".

Dhe Noeu bëri pikërisht ashtu siç i kishte urdhëruar Zoti.

Noeu ishte gjashtëqind vjeç kur mbi tokë ndodhi përmbytja e ujërave.

Kështu Noeu u fut në arkë bashkë me bijtë e tij, me të shoqen dhe me gratë e bijve të tij, për shkak të ujërave të përmbytjes.

Nga kafshët e pastra dhe nga kafshët jo të pastra, nga zogjtë e nga të gjitha llojet që zvarriten mbi tokë,

erdhën dy nga dy para Noeut, në arkë, një mashkull e një femër, ashtu si e kishte porositur Perëndia atë.

10 Në fund të shtatë ditëve, ujërat e përmbytjes mbuluan tokën.

11 Në vitin e gjashtëqindtë të jetës së Noeut, në muajin e dytë dhe në ditën e shtatëmbëdhjetë të muajit, në atë ditë tërë burimet e humnerës së madhe shpërthyen dhe kataraktet e qiellit u hapën.

12 Dhe ra shi mbi tokë për dyzet ditë dhe dyzet net.

13 Po atë ditë hynë në arkë Noeu dhe bijtë e tij Semi, Kami dhe Jafeti, gruaja e Noeut si dhe tri gratë e bijve të tij me ta;

14 ata dhe të gjitha bishat simbas llojit, tërë bagëtia simbas llojit të saj, të gjithë rrëshqanorët që zvarriten mbi tokën simbas llojit të tyre, tërë zogjtë simbas llojit të tyre, tërë zogjtë e çfarëdo lloji.

15 Ata erdhën te Noeu në arkë, dy nga dy, prej çdo mishi që ka frymë jete;

16 hynë, mashkull e femër, nga çdo mish, ashtu si Perëndia e kishte porositur Noeun; pastaj Zoti i mbylli brenda.

17 Dhe përmbytja ra mbi tokë për dyzet ditë me radhë; dhe ujërat u rritën dhe e ngritën arkën lart mbi tokë.

18 Ujërat u shtuan dhe u rritën shumë mbi tokë, arka pluskonte mbi sipërfaqen e ujërave.

19 Dhe ujërat u shtuan me forcë të madhe mbi tokë; të gjitha malet e larta që ndodheshin nën tërë qiellin u mbuluan.

20 Ujërat u ngritën pesëmbëdhjetë kubitë mbi to; dhe malet u mbuluan prej tyre.

21 Kështu u shuan të gjitha llojet e mishit që lëviznin mbi tokë: zogjtë, bagëtia, bishat, rrëshqanorët e çdo lloji që zvarriteshin mbi tokë dhe tërë njerëzit.

22 Vdiq çdo gjë që ishte mbi tokën e thatë dhe që kishte frymë jete në vrimat e hundës.

23 Dhe të gjitha gjallesat që ishin mbi faqen e dheut u shfarosën: duke filluar nga njeriu deri te bagëtia, te gjarpërinjtë dhe zogjtë e qiellit; ato u shfarosën nga toka dhe shpëtoi vetëm Noeu bashkë me ata që ishin me të në arkë.

24 Dhe ujërat mbuluan tokën për njëqind e pesëdhjetë ditë.

The Lord then said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and your whole family,(A) because I have found you righteous(B) in this generation. Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean(C) animal, a male and its mate, and one pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate, and also seven pairs of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive(D) throughout the earth. Seven days from now I will send rain(E) on the earth(F) for forty days(G) and forty nights,(H) and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made.(I)

And Noah did all that the Lord commanded him.(J)

Noah was six hundred years old(K) when the floodwaters came on the earth. And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives entered the ark(L) to escape the waters of the flood. Pairs of clean and unclean(M) animals, of birds and of all creatures that move along the ground, male and female, came to Noah and entered the ark, as God had commanded Noah.(N) 10 And after the seven days(O) the floodwaters came on the earth.

11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life,(P) on the seventeenth day of the second month(Q)—on that day all the springs of the great deep(R) burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens(S) were opened. 12 And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.(T)

13 On that very day Noah and his sons,(U) Shem, Ham and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three sons, entered the ark.(V) 14 They had with them every wild animal according to its kind, all livestock according to their kinds, every creature that moves along the ground according to its kind and every bird according to its kind,(W) everything with wings. 15 Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life in them came to Noah and entered the ark.(X) 16 The animals going in were male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah.(Y) Then the Lord shut him in.

17 For forty days(Z) the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth. 18 The waters rose and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water. 19 They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered.(AA) 20 The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than fifteen cubits.[a][b] (AB) 21 Every living thing that moved on land perished—birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind.(AC) 22 Everything on dry land that had the breath of life(AD) in its nostrils died. 23 Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out; people and animals and the creatures that move along the ground and the birds were wiped from the earth.(AE) Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark.(AF)

24 The waters flooded the earth for a hundred and fifty days.(AG)

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 7:20 That is, about 23 feet or about 6.8 meters
  2. Genesis 7:20 Or rose more than fifteen cubits, and the mountains were covered

The Flood

The Lord said to Noah, “Go into the boat with your whole family; I have found that you are the only one in all the world who does what is right. Take with you seven pairs of each kind of ritually clean animal, but only one pair of each kind of unclean animal. Take also seven pairs of each kind of bird. Do this so that every kind of animal and bird will be kept alive to reproduce again on the earth. Seven days from now I am going to send rain that will fall for forty days and nights, in order to destroy all the living beings that I have made.” And Noah did everything that the Lord commanded.

Noah was six hundred years old when the flood came on the earth. (A)He and his wife, and his sons and their wives, went into the boat to escape the flood. A male and a female of every kind of animal and bird, whether ritually clean or unclean, went into the boat with Noah, as God had commanded. 10 Seven days later the flood came.

11 (B)When Noah was six hundred years old, on the seventeenth day of the second month all the outlets of the vast body of water beneath the earth burst open, all the floodgates of the sky were opened, 12 and rain fell on the earth for forty days and nights. 13 On that same day Noah and his wife went into the boat with their three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and their wives. 14 With them went every kind of animal, domestic and wild, large and small, and every kind of bird. 15 A male and a female of each kind of living being went into the boat with Noah, 16 as God had commanded. Then the Lord shut the door behind Noah.

17 The flood continued for forty days, and the water became deep enough for the boat to float. 18 The water became deeper, and the boat drifted on the surface. 19 It became so deep that it covered the highest mountains; 20 it went on rising until it was about twenty-five feet above the tops of the mountains. 21 Every living being on the earth died—every bird, every animal, and every person. 22 Everything on earth that breathed died. 23 The Lord destroyed all living beings on the earth—human beings, animals, and birds. The only ones left were Noah and those who were with him in the boat. 24 The water did not start going down for a hundred and fifty days.

The Great Flood(A)

Then the (B)Lord said to Noah, (C)“Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that (D)you are righteous before Me in this generation. You shall take with you seven each of every (E)clean animal, a male and his female; (F)two each of animals that are unclean, a male and his female; also seven each of birds of the air, male and female, to keep [a]the species alive on the face of all the earth. For after (G)seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth (H)forty days and forty nights, and I will [b]destroy from the face of the earth all living things that I have made.” (I)And Noah did according to all that the Lord commanded him. Noah was (J)six hundred years old when the floodwaters were on the earth.

(K)So Noah, with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, went into the ark because of the waters of the flood. Of clean animals, of animals that are unclean, of birds, and of everything that creeps on the earth, two by two they went into the ark to Noah, male and female, as God had commanded Noah. 10 And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were on the earth. 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on (L)that day all (M)the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the (N)windows of heaven were opened. 12 (O)And the rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.

13 On the very same day Noah and Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark— 14 (P)they and every beast after its kind, all cattle after their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every (Q)sort. 15 And they (R)went into the ark to Noah, two by two, of all flesh in which is the breath of life. 16 So those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in (S)as God had commanded him; and the Lord shut him in.

17 (T)Now the flood was on the earth forty days. The waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. 18 The waters prevailed and greatly increased on the earth, (U)and the ark moved about on the surface of the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth, and all the high hills under the whole heaven were covered. 20 The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered. 21 (V)And all flesh died that moved on [c]the earth: birds and cattle and beasts and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man. 22 All in (W)whose nostrils was the breath [d]of the spirit of life, all that was on the dry land, died. 23 So He destroyed all living things which were on the face of the ground: both man and cattle, creeping thing and bird of the air. They were destroyed from the earth. Only (X)Noah and those who were with him in the ark remained alive. 24 (Y)And the waters prevailed on the earth one hundred and fifty days.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 7:3 Lit. seed
  2. Genesis 7:4 Lit. blot out
  3. Genesis 7:21 the land
  4. Genesis 7:22 LXX, Vg. omit of the spirit