Genesis 6-9
King James Version
6 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
3 And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6 And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
7 And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.
9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
7 And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
5 And Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him.
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
14 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in.
17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
21 And all flesh died 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:
22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
23 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 Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.
8 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged;
2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
4 And the 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 tops of the mountains seen.
6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
11 And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
15 And God spake unto Noah, saying,
16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.
17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him:
19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
20 And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
21 And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
9 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
10 And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
11 And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
19 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.
20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
26 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.
Genesis 6-9
New King James Version
The Wickedness and Judgment of Man
6 Now it came to pass, (A)when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them, 2 that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they (B)took wives for themselves of all whom they chose.
3 And the Lord said, (C)“My Spirit shall not (D)strive[a] with man forever, (E)for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.” 4 There were [b]giants on the earth in those (F)days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
5 Then [c]the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every (G)intent[d] of the thoughts of his heart was only evil [e]continually. 6 And (H)the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and (I)He was grieved in His (J)heart. 7 So the Lord said, “I will (K)destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.” 8 But Noah (L)found grace in the eyes of the Lord.
Noah Pleases God
9 This is the genealogy of Noah. (M)Noah was a just man, [f]perfect in his generations. Noah (N)walked with God. 10 And Noah begot three sons: (O)Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 The earth also was corrupt (P)before God, and the earth was (Q)filled with violence. 12 So God (R)looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for (S)all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
The Ark Prepared(T)
13 And God said to Noah, (U)“The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; (V)and behold, (W)I will destroy them with the earth. 14 Make yourself an ark of gopherwood; make [g]rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch. 15 And this is how you shall make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred [h]cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. 16 You shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; and set the door of the ark in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third decks. 17 (X)And behold, I Myself am bringing (Y)floodwaters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall (Z)die. 18 But I will establish My (AA)covenant with you; and (AB)you shall go into the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you. 19 And of every living thing of all flesh you shall bring (AC)two of every sort into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. 20 Of the birds after their kind, of animals after their kind, and of every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of every kind (AD)will come to you to keep them alive. 21 And you shall take for yourself of all food that is eaten, and you shall gather it to yourself; and it shall be food for you and for them.”
22 (AE)Thus Noah did; (AF)according to all that (AG)God commanded him, so he did.
The Great Flood(AH)
7 Then the (AI)Lord said to Noah, (AJ)“Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that (AK)you are righteous before Me in this generation. 2 You shall take with you seven each of every (AL)clean animal, a male and his female; (AM)two each of animals that are unclean, a male and his female; 3 also seven each of birds of the air, male and female, to keep [i]the species alive on the face of all the earth. 4 For after (AN)seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth (AO)forty days and forty nights, and I will [j]destroy from the face of the earth all living things that I have made.” 5 (AP)And Noah did according to all that the Lord commanded him. 6 Noah was (AQ)six hundred years old when the floodwaters were on the earth.
7 (AR)So Noah, with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, went into the ark because of the waters of the flood. 8 Of clean animals, of animals that are unclean, of birds, and of everything that creeps on the earth, 9 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 (AS)that day all (AT)the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the (AU)windows of heaven were opened. 12 (AV)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 (AW)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 (AX)sort. 15 And they (AY)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 (AZ)as God had commanded him; and the Lord shut him in.
17 (BA)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, (BB)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 (BC)And all flesh died that moved on [k]the earth: birds and cattle and beasts and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man. 22 All in (BD)whose nostrils was the breath [l]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 (BE)Noah and those who were with him in the ark remained alive. 24 (BF)And the waters prevailed on the earth one hundred and fifty days.
Noah’s Deliverance
8 Then God (BG)remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. (BH)And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided. 2 (BI)The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were also (BJ)stopped, and (BK)the rain from heaven was restrained. 3 And the waters receded continually from the earth. At the end (BL)of the hundred and fifty days the waters decreased. 4 Then the ark rested in the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, on 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, the tops of the mountains were seen.
6 So it came to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah opened (BM)the window of the ark which he had made. 7 Then he sent out a raven, which kept going to and fro until the waters had dried up from the earth. 8 He also sent out from himself a dove, to see if the waters had receded from the face of the ground. 9 But the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, and she returned into the ark to him, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth. So he put out his hand and took her, and drew her into the ark to himself. 10 And he waited yet another seven days, and again he sent the dove out from the ark. 11 Then the dove came to him in the evening, and behold, a freshly plucked olive leaf was in her mouth; and Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth. 12 So he waited yet another seven days and sent out the dove, which did not return again to him anymore.
13 And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, that the waters were dried up from the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and indeed the surface of the ground was dry. 14 And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dried.
15 Then God spoke to Noah, saying, 16 “Go out of the ark, (BN)you and your wife, and your sons and your sons’ wives with you. 17 Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you: birds and cattle and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, so that they may abound on the earth, and (BO)be fruitful and multiply on the earth.” 18 So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him. 19 Every animal, every creeping thing, every bird, and whatever creeps on the earth, according to their families, went out of the ark.
God’s Covenant with Creation
20 Then Noah built an (BP)altar to the Lord, and took of (BQ)every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered (BR)burnt offerings on the altar. 21 And the Lord smelled (BS)a soothing aroma. Then the Lord said in His heart, “I will never again (BT)curse the ground for man’s sake, although the (BU)imagination[m] of man’s heart is evil from his youth; (BV)nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done.
22 “While the earth (BW)remains,
Seedtime and harvest,
Cold and heat,
Winter and summer,
And (BX)day and night
Shall not cease.”
God’s Promise to Noah
9 So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: (BY)“Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. 2 (BZ)And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth, on every bird of the air, on all that move on the earth, and on all the fish of the sea. They are given into your hand. 3 (CA)Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you (CB)all things, even as the (CC)green herbs. 4 (CD)But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. 5 Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; (CE)from the hand of every beast I will require it, and (CF)from the hand of man. From the hand of every (CG)man’s brother I will require the life of man.
6 “Whoever (CH)sheds man’s blood,
By man his blood shall be shed;
(CI)For in the image of God
He made man.
7 And as for you, (CJ)be fruitful and multiply;
Bring forth abundantly in the earth
And multiply in it.”
8 Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying: 9 “And as for Me, (CK)behold, I establish (CL)My covenant with you and with your [n]descendants after you, 10 (CM)and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ark, every beast of the earth. 11 Thus (CN)I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.”
12 And God said: (CO)“This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: 13 I set (CP)My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. 14 It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud; 15 and (CQ)I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16 The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember (CR)the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” 17 And God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth.”
Noah and His Sons
18 Now the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (CS)And Ham was the father of Canaan. 19 (CT)These three were the sons of Noah, (CU)and from these the whole earth was populated.
20 And Noah began to be (CV)a farmer, and he planted a vineyard. 21 Then he drank of the wine (CW)and was drunk, and became uncovered in his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside. 23 (CX)But Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were [o]turned away, and they did not see their father’s nakedness.
24 So Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done to him. 25 Then he said:
26 And he said:
(DA)“Blessed be the Lord,
The God of Shem,
And may Canaan be his servant.
27 May God (DB)enlarge Japheth,
(DC)And may he dwell in the tents of Shem;
And may Canaan be his servant.”
28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. 29 So all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.
Footnotes
- Genesis 6:3 LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. abide
- Genesis 6:4 Heb. nephilim, fallen or mighty ones
- Genesis 6:5 So with MT, Tg.; Vg. God; LXX Lord God
- Genesis 6:5 thought
- Genesis 6:5 all the day
- Genesis 6:9 blameless or having integrity
- Genesis 6:14 Lit. compartments or nests
- Genesis 6:15 A cubit is about 18 inches.
- Genesis 7:3 Lit. seed
- Genesis 7:4 Lit. blot out
- Genesis 7:21 the land
- Genesis 7:22 LXX, Vg. omit of the spirit
- Genesis 8:21 intent or thought
- Genesis 9:9 Lit. seed
- Genesis 9:23 Lit. backwards
Genèse 6-9
Nouvelle Edition de Genève – NEG1979
Corruption du genre humain
6 Lorsque les hommes eurent commencé à se multiplier sur la face de la terre, et que des filles leur furent nées, 2 les fils de Dieu virent que les filles des hommes étaient belles, et ils en prirent pour femmes parmi toutes celles qu’ils choisirent. 3 Alors l’Eternel dit: Mon Esprit ne restera[a] pas à toujours dans l’homme, car l’homme n’est que chair, et ses jours seront de cent vingt ans.
4 Les géants étaient sur la terre en ces temps-là. Il en fut de même après que les fils de Dieu[b] furent venus vers les filles des hommes, et qu’elles leur eurent donné des enfants: ce sont ces héros qui furent fameux dans l’antiquité.
5 L’Eternel vit que la méchanceté des hommes était grande sur la terre, et que toutes les pensées de leur cœur se portaient chaque jour uniquement vers le mal. 6 L’Eternel se repentit d’avoir fait l’homme sur la terre, et il fut affligé en son cœur. 7 Et l’Eternel dit: J’exterminerai de la face de la terre l’homme que j’ai créé, depuis l’homme jusqu’au bétail, aux reptiles et aux oiseaux du ciel; car je me repens de les avoir faits.
Construction de l’arche
8 Mais Noé trouva grâce aux yeux de l’Eternel.
9 Voici la postérité de Noé. Noé était un homme juste et intègre dans son temps; Noé marchait avec Dieu.
10 Noé engendra trois fils: Sem, Cham et Japhet.
11 La terre était corrompue devant Dieu, la terre était pleine de violence. 12 Dieu regarda la terre, et voici, elle était corrompue; car toute chair avait corrompu sa voie sur la terre.
13 Alors Dieu dit à Noé: La fin de toute chair est arrêtée devant moi; car ils ont rempli la terre de violence; voici, je vais les détruire avec la terre. 14 Fais-toi une arche de bois de gopher; tu disposeras cette arche en cellules, et tu l’enduiras de poix en dedans et en dehors. 15 Voici comment tu la feras: l’arche aura trois cents coudées de longueur, cinquante coudées de largeur et trente coudées de hauteur. 16 Tu feras à l’arche une fenêtre, que tu réduiras à une coudée en haut; tu établiras une porte sur le côté de l’arche; et tu construiras un étage inférieur, un second et un troisième. 17 Et moi, je vais faire venir le déluge d’eaux sur la terre, pour détruire toute chair ayant souffle de vie sous le ciel; tout ce qui est sur la terre périra. 18 Mais j’établis mon alliance avec toi; tu entreras dans l’arche, toi et tes fils, ta femme et les femmes de tes fils avec toi. 19 De tout ce qui vit, de toute chair, tu feras entrer dans l’arche deux de chaque espèce, pour les conserver en vie avec toi: il y aura un mâle et une femelle. 20 Des oiseaux selon leur espèce, du bétail selon son espèce, et de tous les reptiles de la terre selon leur espèce, deux de chaque espèce viendront vers toi, pour que tu leur conserves la vie. 21 Et toi, prends de tous les aliments que l’on mange, et fais-en une provision auprès de toi, afin qu’ils te servent de nourriture ainsi qu’à eux.
22 C’est ce que fit Noé: il exécuta tout ce que Dieu lui avait ordonné.
Le déluge
7 L’Eternel dit à Noé: Entre dans l’arche, toi et toute ta maison; car je t’ai vu juste devant moi parmi cette génération. 2 Tu prendras auprès de toi sept couples de tous les animaux purs, le mâle et sa femelle; une paire des animaux qui ne sont pas purs, le mâle et sa femelle; 3 sept couples aussi des oiseaux du ciel, mâle et femelle, afin de conserver leur race en vie sur la face de toute la terre. 4 Car, encore sept jours, et je ferai pleuvoir sur la terre quarante jours et quarante nuits, et j’exterminerai de la face de la terre tous les êtres que j’ai faits.
5 Noé exécuta tout ce que l’Eternel lui avait ordonné.
6 Noé avait six cents ans, lorsque le déluge d’eaux fut sur la terre. 7 Et Noé entra dans l’arche avec ses fils, sa femme et les femmes de ses fils, pour échapper aux eaux du déluge. 8 D’entre les animaux purs et les animaux qui ne sont pas purs[c], les oiseaux et tout ce qui se meut sur la terre, 9 il entra dans l’arche auprès de Noé, deux à deux, un mâle et une femelle, comme Dieu l’avait ordonné à Noé.
10 Sept jours après, les eaux du déluge furent sur la terre. 11 L’an six cent de la vie de Noé, le second mois, le dix-septième jour du mois, en ce jour-là toutes les sources du grand abîme jaillirent, et les écluses des cieux s’ouvrirent. 12 La pluie tomba sur la terre quarante jours et quarante nuits. 13 Ce même jour entrèrent dans l’arche Noé, Sem, Cham et Japhet, fils de Noé, la femme de Noé et les trois femmes de ses fils avec eux: 14 eux, et tous les animaux selon leur espèce, tout le bétail selon son espèce, tous les reptiles qui rampent sur la terre selon leur espèce, tous les oiseaux selon leur espèce, tous les petits oiseaux, tout ce qui a des ailes. 15 Ils entrèrent dans l’arche auprès de Noé, deux à deux, de toute chair ayant souffle de vie. 16 Il en entra, mâle et femelle, de toute chair, comme Dieu l’avait ordonné à Noé. Puis l’Eternel ferma la porte sur lui.
17 Le déluge fut quarante jours sur la terre. Les eaux crûrent et soulevèrent l’arche, et elle s’éleva au-dessus de la terre. 18 Les eaux grossirent et s’accrurent beaucoup sur la terre, et l’arche flotta sur la surface des eaux. 19 Les eaux grossirent de plus en plus, et toutes les hautes montagnes qui sont sous le ciel entier furent couvertes. 20 Les eaux s’élevèrent de quinze coudées au-dessus des montagnes, qui furent couvertes.
21 Tout ce qui se mouvait sur la terre périt, tant les oiseaux que le bétail et les animaux, tout ce qui rampait sur la terre, et tous les hommes. 22 Tout ce qui avait respiration, souffle de vie dans ses narines, et qui était sur la terre sèche, mourut. 23 Tous les êtres qui étaient sur la face de la terre furent exterminés, depuis l’homme jusqu’au bétail, aux reptiles et aux oiseaux du ciel: ils furent exterminés de la terre. Il ne resta que Noé, et ce qui était avec lui dans l’arche. 24 Les eaux furent grosses sur la terre pendant cent cinquante jours.
La sortie de l’arche
8 Dieu se souvint de Noé, de tous les animaux et de tout le bétail qui étaient avec lui dans l’arche; et Dieu fit passer un vent sur la terre, et les eaux s’apaisèrent. 2 Les sources de l’abîme et les écluses des cieux furent fermées, et la pluie ne tomba plus du ciel. 3 Les eaux se retirèrent de dessus la terre, s’en allant et s’éloignant, et les eaux diminuèrent au bout de cent cinquante jours. 4 Le septième mois, le dix-septième jour du mois, l’arche s’arrêta sur les montagnes d’Ararat[d]. 5 Les eaux allèrent en diminuant jusqu’au dixième mois. Le dixième mois, le premier jour du mois, apparurent les sommets des montagnes.
6 Au bout de quarante jours, Noé ouvrit la fenêtre qu’il avait faite à l’arche. 7 Il lâcha le corbeau, qui sortit, partant et revenant, jusqu’à ce que les eaux aient séché sur la terre. 8 Il lâcha aussi la colombe, pour voir si les eaux avaient diminué à la surface de la terre. 9 Mais la colombe ne trouva aucun lieu pour poser la plante de son pied, et elle revint à lui dans l’arche, car il y avait des eaux à la surface de toute la terre. Il avança la main, la prit, et la fit rentrer auprès de lui dans l’arche. 10 Il attendit encore sept autres jours, et il lâcha de nouveau la colombe hors de l’arche. 11 La colombe revint à lui sur le soir; et voici, une feuille d’olivier arrachée était dans son bec. Noé connut ainsi que les eaux avaient diminué sur la terre. 12 Il attendit encore sept autres jours; et il lâcha la colombe. Mais elle ne revint plus à lui.
13 L’an six cent un, le premier mois, le premier jour du mois, les eaux avaient séché sur la terre. Noé ôta la couverture de l’arche: il regarda, et voici, la surface de la terre avait séché. 14 Le second mois, le vingt-septième jour du mois, la terre fut sèche.
15 Alors Dieu parla à Noé, en disant: 16 Sors de l’arche, toi et ta femme, tes fils et les femmes de tes fils avec toi. 17 Fais sortir avec toi tous les animaux de toute chair qui sont avec toi, tant les oiseaux que le bétail et tous les reptiles qui rampent sur la terre: qu’ils se répandent sur la terre, qu’ils soient féconds et multiplient sur la terre. 18 Et Noé sortit, avec ses fils, sa femme, et les femmes de ses fils. 19 Tous les animaux, tous les reptiles, tous les oiseaux, tout ce qui se meut sur la terre, selon leurs espèces, sortirent de l’arche.
20 Noé bâtit un autel à l’Eternel; il prit de toutes les bêtes pures et de tous les oiseaux purs, et il offrit des holocaustes sur l’autel. 21 L’Eternel sentit une odeur agréable, et l’Eternel dit en son cœur: Je ne maudirai plus la terre, à cause de l’homme, parce que les pensées du cœur de l’homme sont mauvaises dès sa jeunesse; et je ne frapperai plus tout ce qui est vivant, comme je l’ai fait. 22 Tant que la terre subsistera, les semailles et la moisson, le froid et la chaleur, l’été et l’hiver, le jour et la nuit ne cesseront point.
Noé et ses fils
9 Dieu bénit Noé et ses fils, et leur dit: Soyez féconds, multipliez, et remplissez la terre. 2 Vous serez un sujet de crainte et d’effroi pour tout animal de la terre, pour tout oiseau du ciel, pour tout ce qui se meut sur la terre, et pour tous les poissons de la mer: ils sont livrés entre vos mains. 3 Tout ce qui se meut et qui a vie vous servira de nourriture: je vous donne tout cela comme l’herbe verte. 4 Seulement, vous ne mangerez point de chair avec son âme[e], avec son sang. 5 Sachez-le aussi, je redemanderai le sang de vos âmes, je le redemanderai à tout animal; et je redemanderai l’âme de l’homme à l’homme, à l’homme qui est son frère. 6 Si quelqu’un verse le sang de l’homme, par l’homme son sang sera versé; car Dieu a fait l’homme à son image. 7 Et vous, soyez féconds et multipliez, répandez-vous sur la terre et multipliez sur elle.
8 Dieu parla encore à Noé et à ses fils avec lui, en disant: 9 Voici, j’établis mon alliance avec vous et avec votre postérité après vous; 10 avec tous les êtres vivants qui sont avec vous, tant les oiseaux que le bétail et tous les animaux de la terre, soit avec tous ceux qui sont sortis de l’arche, soit avec tous les animaux de la terre. 11 J’établis mon alliance avec vous: aucune chair ne sera plus exterminée par les eaux du déluge, et il n’y aura plus de déluge pour détruire la terre. 12 Et Dieu dit: C’est ici le signe de l’alliance que j’établis entre moi et vous, et tous les êtres vivants qui sont avec vous, pour les générations à toujours: 13 j’ai placé mon arc dans la nue, et il servira de signe d’alliance entre moi et la terre. 14 Quand j’aurai rassemblé des nuages au-dessus de la terre, l’arc paraîtra dans la nue; 15 et je me souviendrai de mon alliance entre moi et vous, et tous les êtres vivants, de toute chair, et les eaux ne deviendront plus un déluge pour détruire toute chair. 16 L’arc sera dans la nue; et je le regarderai, pour me souvenir de l’alliance perpétuelle entre Dieu et tous les êtres vivants, de toute chair qui est sur la terre. 17 Et Dieu dit à Noé: Tel est le signe de l’alliance que j’établis entre moi et toute chair qui est sur la terre.
18 Les fils de Noé, qui sortirent de l’arche, étaient Sem, Cham et Japhet. Cham fut le père de Canaan. 19 Ce sont là les trois fils de Noé, et c’est leur postérité qui peupla toute la terre.
20 Noé commença à cultiver la terre, et planta de la vigne. 21 Il but du vin, s’enivra, et se découvrit au milieu de sa tente. 22 Cham, père de Canaan, vit la nudité de son père, et il le rapporta dehors à ses deux frères. 23 Alors Sem et Japhet prirent le manteau, le mirent sur leurs épaules, marchèrent à reculons, et couvrirent la nudité de leur père; comme leur visage était détourné, ils ne virent point la nudité de leur père. 24 Lorsque Noé se réveilla de son vin, il apprit ce que lui avait fait son fils cadet. 25 Et il dit: Maudit soit Canaan! qu’il soit l’esclave des esclaves de ses frères! 26 Il dit encore: Béni soit l’Eternel, Dieu de Sem, et que Canaan soit leur esclave! 27 Que Dieu étende les possessions de Japhet, qu’il habite dans les tentes de Sem, et que Canaan soit leur esclave!
28 Noé vécut, après le déluge, trois cent cinquante ans. 29 Tous les jours de Noé furent de neuf cent cinquante ans; puis il mourut.
Footnotes
- Genèse 6:3 ou contestera; 2 Th 2:7
- Genèse 6:4 Seg. ...en ces temps-là, après que les fils de Dieu...
- Genèse 7:8 cp. Lé 11; De 14:3-21
- Genèse 8:4 Ararat, nom d’une région montagneuse de Turquie orientale
- Genèse 9:4 Lé 17:10-14
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