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Genesis 6:6-7:16
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6 the Lord regretted making human beings on the earth, and his heart was grieved.[a]

7 So the Lord said: I will wipe out from the earth the human beings I have created, and not only the human beings, but also the animals and the crawling things and the birds of the air, for I regret that I made them.[b] 8 But Noah found favor with the Lord.

9 These are the descendants of Noah. Noah was a righteous man and blameless in his generation;(A) Noah walked with God. 10 Noah begot three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11 But the earth was corrupt[c] in the view of God and full of lawlessness.(B) 12 When God saw how corrupt the earth had become, since all mortals had corrupted their ways on earth,(C) 13 God said to Noah: I see that the end of all mortals has come, for the earth is full of lawlessness because of them. So I am going to destroy them with the earth.(D)

Preparation for the Flood. 14 Make yourself an ark of gopherwood,[d] equip the ark with various compartments, and cover it inside and out with pitch. 15 This is how you shall build it: the length of the ark will be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.[e] 16 Make an opening for daylight[f] and finish the ark a cubit above it. Put the ark’s entrance on its side; you will make it with bottom, second and third decks. 17 I, on my part, am about to bring the flood waters on the earth, to destroy all creatures under the sky in which there is the breath of life; everything on earth shall perish.(E) 18 I will establish my covenant with you. You shall go into the ark, you and your sons, your wife and your sons’ wives with you.(F) 19 Of all living creatures you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, one male and one female,[g] to keep them alive along with you. 20 Of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal, and of every kind of thing that crawls on the ground, two of each will come to you, that you may keep them alive. 21 Moreover, you are to provide yourself with all the food that is to be eaten, and store it away, that it may serve as provisions for you and for them. 22 Noah complied; he did just as God had commanded him.[h]

Chapter 7

1 Then the Lord said to Noah: Go into the ark, you and all your household, for you alone in this generation have I found to be righteous before me.(G) 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 likewise, of every bird of the air, seven pairs, a male and a female, to keep their progeny alive over all the earth. 4 For 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 face of the earth every being that I have made.(H) 5 Noah complied, just as the Lord had commanded.

The Great Flood. 6 Noah was six hundred years old when the flood came upon the earth. 7 Together with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, Noah went into the ark because of the waters of the flood.(I) 8 Of the clean animals and the unclean, of the birds, and of everything that crawls on the ground, 9 two by two, male and female came to Noah into the ark, just as God had commanded him.(J) 10 When the seven days were over, the waters of the flood came upon the earth.

11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month: on that day

All the fountains of the great abyss[i] burst forth,
    and the floodgates of the sky were opened.

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 Noah’s wife, and the three wives of Noah’s sons had entered the ark, 14 together with every kind of wild animal, every kind of tame animal, every kind of crawling thing that crawls on the earth, and every kind of bird. 15 Pairs of all creatures in which there was the breath of life came to Noah into the ark. 16 Those that entered were male and female; of all creatures they came, as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord shut him in.

Footnotes

  1. 6:6 His heart was grieved: the expression can be misleading in English, for “heart” in Hebrew is the seat of memory and judgment rather than emotion. The phrase is actually parallel to the first half of the sentence (“the Lord regretted…”).
  2. 6:7 Human beings are an essential part of their environment, which includes all living things. In the new beginning after the flood, God makes a covenant with human beings and every living creature (9:9–10). The same close link between human beings and nature is found elsewhere in the Bible; e.g., in Is 35, God’s healing transforms human beings along with their physical environment, and in Rom 8:19–23, all creation, not merely human beings, groans in labor pains awaiting the salvation of God.
  3. 6:11 Corrupt: God does not punish arbitrarily but simply brings to its completion the corruption initiated by human beings.
  4. 6:14 Gopherwood: an unidentified wood mentioned only in connection with the ark. It may be the wood of the cypress, which in Hebrew sounds like “gopher” and was widely used in antiquity for shipbuilding.
  5. 6:15 Hebrew “cubit,” lit., “forearm,” is the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger, about eighteen inches (a foot and a half). The dimensions of Noah’s ark were approximately 440 × 73 × 44 feet. The ark of the Babylonian flood story was an exact cube, 120 cubits (180 feet) in length, width, and height.
  6. 6:16 Opening for daylight: a conjectural rendering of the Hebrew word sohar, occurring only here. The reference is probably to an open space on all sides near the top of the ark to admit light and air. The ark also had a window or hatch, which could be opened and closed (8:6).
  7. 6:19–21 You shall bring two of every kind…, one male and one female: For the Priestly source (P), there is no distinction between clean and unclean animals until Sinai (Lv 11), no altars or sacrifice until Sinai, and all diet is vegetarian (Gn 1:29–30); even after the flood P has no distinction between clean and unclean, since “any living creature that moves about” may be eaten (9:3). Thus P has Noah take the minimum to preserve all species, one pair of each, without distinction between clean and unclean, but he must also take on provisions for food (6:21). The Yahwist source (J), which assumes the clean-unclean distinction always existed but knows no other restriction on eating meat (Abel was a shepherd and offered meat as a sacrifice), requires additional clean animals (“seven pairs”) for food and sacrifice (7:2–3; 8:20).
  8. 6:22 Just as God had commanded him: as in the creation of the world in chap. 1 and in the building of the tabernacle in Ex 25–31, 35–40 (all from the Priestly source), everything takes place by the command of God. In this passage and in Exodus, the commands of God are carried out to the letter by human agents, Noah and Moses. Divine speech is important. God speaks to Noah seven times in the flood story.
  9. 7:11 Abyss: the subterranean ocean; see note on 1:2.
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Genesis 6:6-7:16
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6 he was sorry that he had ever made them and put them on the earth. He was so filled with regret 7 that he said, “I will wipe out these people I have created, and also the animals and the birds, because I am sorry that I made any of them.” 8 But the Lord was pleased with Noah.

Noah

9-10 (A)This is the story of Noah. He had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Noah had no faults and was the only good man of his time. He lived in fellowship with God, 11 but everyone else was evil in God's sight, and violence had spread everywhere. 12 God looked at the world and saw that it was evil, for the people were all living evil lives.

13 God said to Noah, “I have decided to put an end to all people. I will destroy them completely, because the world is full of their violent deeds. 14 Build a boat for yourself out of good timber; make rooms in it and cover it with tar inside and out. 15 Make it 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. 16 Make a roof[a] for the boat and leave a space of 18 inches between the roof[b] and the sides. Build it with three decks and put a door in the side. 17 I am going to send a flood on the earth to destroy every living being. Everything on the earth will die, 18 but I will make a covenant with you. Go into the boat with your wife, your sons, and their wives. 19-20 Take into the boat with you a male and a female of every kind of animal and of every kind of bird, in order to keep them alive. 21 Take along all kinds of food for you and for them.” 22 (B)Noah did everything that God commanded.

The Flood

7 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. 2 Take with you seven pairs of each kind of ritually clean animal, but only one pair of each kind of unclean animal. 3 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. 4 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.” 5 And Noah did everything that the Lord commanded.

6 Noah was six hundred years old when the flood came on the earth. 7 (C)He and his wife, and his sons and their wives, went into the boat to escape the flood. 8 A male and a female of every kind of animal and bird, whether ritually clean or unclean, 9 went into the boat with Noah, as God had commanded. 10 Seven days later the flood came.

11 (D)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.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 6:16 roof; or window.
  2. Genesis 6:16 roof; or window.
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Genesis 6:6-7:16
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

6 And the Lord was sorry that he had made humankind on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. 7 So the Lord said, “I will blot out from the earth the human beings I have created—people together with animals and creeping things and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.” 8 But Noah found favor in the sight of the Lord.

Noah Pleases God

9 These are the descendants of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God. 10 And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11 Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence. 12 And God saw that the earth was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted its ways upon the earth. 13 And God said to Noah, “I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence because of them; now I am going to destroy them along with the earth. 14 Make yourself an ark of cypress[a] wood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch. 15 This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. 16 Make a roof[b] for the ark, and finish it to a cubit above; and put the door of the ark in its side; make it with lower, second, and third decks. 17 For my part, I am going to bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die. 18 But I will establish my covenant with you; and you shall come 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 two of every kind into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. 20 Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every kind shall come in to you, to keep them alive. 21 Also take with you every kind of food that is eaten, and store it up; and it shall serve as food for you and for them.” 22 Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.

The Great Flood

7 Then the Lord said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you alone are righteous before me in this generation. 2 Take with you seven pairs of all clean animals, the male and its mate; and a pair of the animals that are not clean, the male and its mate; 3 and seven pairs of the birds of the air also, male and female, to keep their kind alive on the face of all the earth. 4 For in seven days I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights; and every living thing that I have made I will blot out from the face of the ground.” 5 And Noah did all that the Lord had commanded him.

6 Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came on the earth. 7 And Noah with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives went into the ark to escape the waters of the flood. 8 Of clean animals, and of animals that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creeps on the ground, 9 two and two, male and female, went into the ark with Noah, as God had commanded Noah. 10 And after seven days the waters of the flood came on the earth.

11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened. 12 The rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights. 13 On the very same day Noah with his sons, Shem and Ham and Japheth, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons entered the ark, 14 they and every wild animal of every kind, and all domestic animals of every kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every bird of every kind—every bird, every winged creature. 15 They went into the ark with Noah, two and two of all flesh in which there was the breath of life. 16 And those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him; and the Lord shut him in.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 6:14 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. Genesis 6:16 Or window
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Genesis 6:6-7:16
New American Standard Bible

6 So (A)the Lord was sorry that He had made mankind on the earth, and He was (B)grieved [a]in His heart. 7 Then the Lord said, “(C)I will wipe out mankind whom I have created from the face of the land; mankind, and animals as well, and crawling things, and the birds of the sky. For (D)I am sorry that I have made them.” 8 But (E)Noah (F)found favor in the eyes of the Lord.

9 These are the records of the generations of Noah. Noah was a (G)righteous man, [b](H)blameless in his generation. Noah (I)walked with God. 10 And Noah fathered three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11 Now the earth was (J)corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was (K)filled with violence. 12 And God looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for [c](L)humanity had corrupted its way upon the earth.

13 Then God said to Noah, “(M)The end of [d]humanity has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because of [e]people; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth. 14 Make for yourself an ark of [f]gopher wood; you shall make the ark with compartments, and [g]cover it inside and out with pitch. 15 This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark shall be [h]three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. 16 You shall make a [i]window for the ark, and finish it to a [j]cubit from [k]the top; and put the door of the ark on the side; you shall make it with lower, second, and third decks. 17 Now behold, (N)I Myself am bringing the flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which there is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is on the earth shall perish. 18 But I will establish (O)My covenant with you; and (P)you shall enter the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you. 19 (Q)And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. 20 (R)Of the birds according to their kind, and of the animals according to their kind, of every crawling thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive. 21 As for you, take for yourself some of every (S)food that is edible, and gather it to yourself; and it shall be food for you and them.” 22 (T)So Noah did these things; according to everything that God had commanded him, so he did.

The Flood

7 Then the Lord said to Noah, “Enter the ark, you and all your household, for you alone I have seen to be (U)righteous before Me in this generation. 2 You shall take [l]with you [m]seven pairs of every (V)clean animal, a male and his female; and two of the animals that are not clean, a male and his female; 3 also of the birds of the sky, [n]seven pairs, male and female, to keep their [o]offspring alive on the face of all the earth. 4 For after (W)seven more days, I will send rain on the earth for (X)forty days and forty nights; and I will wipe out from the face of the land (Y)every living thing that I have made.” 5 So (Z)Noah acted in accordance with everything that the Lord had commanded him.

6 Now Noah was (AA)six hundred years old when the flood of water [p]came upon the earth. 7 Then (AB)Noah and his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives with him entered the ark because of the waters of the flood. 8 (AC)Of clean animals and animals that are not clean and birds and everything that crawls on the ground, 9 they all went into the ark to Noah [q]by twos, male and female, as God had commanded Noah. 10 Now it came about after (AD)the seven days, that the waters of the flood [r]came upon the earth. 11 In the (AE)six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all (AF)the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the [s]floodgates of the sky were opened. 12 (AG)The rain [t]fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.

13 On this very same day (AH)Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark, 14 they and every animal according to its kind, and all the livestock according to [u]their kind, and every crawling thing that crawls on the earth according to its kind, and every bird according to its kind, [v]all sorts of birds. 15 So they went into the ark to Noah, (AI)by twos of all flesh in which there was the breath of life. 16 Those that entered, male and female of all flesh, entered as God had commanded him; and the Lord closed the door behind him.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 6:6 Lit to
  2. Genesis 6:9 Lit complete, perfect; or having integrity
  3. Genesis 6:12 Lit all flesh
  4. Genesis 6:13 Lit all flesh
  5. Genesis 6:13 Lit them
  6. Genesis 6:14 I.e., Unknown species of tree
  7. Genesis 6:14 Or pitch
  8. Genesis 6:15 About 450 ft. long, 75 ft. wide, and 45 ft. high or 135 m, 23 m, and 14 m
  9. Genesis 6:16 Or roof
  10. Genesis 6:16 One cubit is about 18 in. or 45 cm
  11. Genesis 6:16 Lit above
  12. Genesis 7:2 Lit to
  13. Genesis 7:2 Lit seven seven
  14. Genesis 7:3 Lit seven seven
  15. Genesis 7:3 Lit seed
  16. Genesis 7:6 Lit was
  17. Genesis 7:9 Lit two two
  18. Genesis 7:10 Lit were
  19. Genesis 7:11 Or windows of the heavens
  20. Genesis 7:12 Lit was
  21. Genesis 7:14 Lit its
  22. Genesis 7:14 Lit every bird, every wing
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Genesis 6:6-7:16
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6 The Lord regretted(A) that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. 7 So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth(B) the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.(C)” 8 But Noah(D) found favor in the eyes of the Lord.(E)

Noah and the Flood

9 This is the account(F) of Noah and his family.

Noah was a righteous man, blameless(G) among the people of his time,(H) and he walked faithfully with God.(I) 10 Noah had three sons: Shem,(J) Ham and Japheth.(K)

11 Now the earth was corrupt(L) in God’s sight and was full of violence.(M) 12 God saw how corrupt(N) the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.(O) 13 So God said to Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy(P) both them and the earth.(Q) 14 So make yourself an ark of cypress[a] wood;(R) make rooms in it and coat it with pitch(S) inside and out. 15 This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high.[b] 16 Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening one cubit[c] high all around.[d] Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks. 17 I am going to bring floodwaters(T) on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish.(U) 18 But I will establish my covenant with you,(V) and you will enter the ark(W)—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you. 19 You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.(X) 20 Two(Y) of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind(Z) of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive.(AA) 21 You are to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them.”

22 Noah did everything just as God commanded him.(AB)

7 The Lord then said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and your whole family,(AC) because I have found you righteous(AD) in this generation. 2 Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean(AE) animal, a male and its mate, and one pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate, 3 and also seven pairs of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive(AF) throughout the earth. 4 Seven days from now I will send rain(AG) on the earth(AH) for forty days(AI) and forty nights,(AJ) and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made.(AK)”

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

6 Noah was six hundred years old(AM) when the floodwaters came on the earth. 7 And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives entered the ark(AN) to escape the waters of the flood. 8 Pairs of clean and unclean(AO) animals, of birds and of all creatures that move along the ground, 9 male and female, came to Noah and entered the ark, as God had commanded Noah.(AP) 10 And after the seven days(AQ) the floodwaters came on the earth.

11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life,(AR) on the seventeenth day of the second month(AS)—on that day all the springs of the great deep(AT) burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens(AU) were opened. 12 And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.(AV)

13 On that very day Noah and his sons,(AW) Shem, Ham and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three sons, entered the ark.(AX) 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,(AY) everything with wings. 15 Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life in them came to Noah and entered the ark.(AZ) 16 The animals going in were male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah.(BA) Then the Lord shut him in.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 6:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
  2. Genesis 6:15 That is, about 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high or about 135 meters long, 23 meters wide and 14 meters high
  3. Genesis 6:16 That is, about 18 inches or about 45 centimeters
  4. Genesis 6:16 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
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