Genesis 7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
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.(A) 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.(B) 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.(C) 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.(D) 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[a] 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.
17 The flood continued upon the earth for forty days. As the waters increased, they lifted the ark, so that it rose above the earth. 18 The waters swelled and increased greatly on the earth, but the ark floated on the surface of the waters. 19 Higher and higher on the earth the waters swelled, until all the highest mountains under the heavens were submerged. 20 The waters swelled fifteen cubits higher than the submerged mountains. 21 All creatures that moved on earth perished: birds, tame animals, wild animals, and all that teemed on the earth, as well as all humankind.(E) 22 Everything on dry land with the breath of life in its nostrils died. 23 The Lord wiped out every being on earth: human beings and animals, the crawling things and the birds of the air; all were wiped out from the earth. Only Noah and those with him in the ark were left.
24 And when the waters had swelled on the earth for one hundred and fifty days,
Genesis 7
King James Version
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.
Genesi 7
La Nuova Diodati
7 Allora l'Eterno disse a Noè: «Entra nell'arca tu con tutta la tua famiglia, perché ti ho visto giusto davanti a me, in questa generazione.
2 Di ogni specie di animali puri prendine sette coppie, maschio e femmina; e degli animali impuri una coppia, maschio e femmina;
3 anche degli uccelli del cielo prendine sette coppie, maschio e femmina, per conservarne in vita il seme sulla faccia di tutta la terra;
4 poiché fra sette giorni farò piovere sulla terra per quaranta giorni e quaranta notti, e sterminerò dalla faccia della terra tutti gli esseri viventi che ho fatto».
5 Noè fece esattamente tutto ciò che l'Eterno gli aveva comandato.
6 Noè aveva seicento anni quando venne sulla terra il diluvio delle acque.
7 Così Noè entrò nell'arca con i suoi figli, sua moglie e le mogli dei suoi figli, a motivo delle acque del diluvio.
8 Degli animali puri e degli animali impuri, degli uccelli e di tutto quello che striscia sulla terra,
9 vennero a due a due da Noè, nell'arca. maschio e femmina, come DIO aveva comandato a Noè.
10 Al termine dei sette giorni, avvenne che le acque del diluvio furono sopra la terra.
11 Nell'anno seicentesimo della vita di Noè nel secondo mese, nel diciassettesimo giorno del mese, in quel giorno, tutte le Fonti del grande abisso scoppiarono e le cateratte del cielo si aprirono.
12 E piovve sulla terra per quaranta giorni e quaranta notti.
13 In quello stesso giorno entrarono nell'arca Noè e i figli di Noè, Sem, Cam e Jafet, e la moglie di Noè e le tre mogli dei suoi figli con loro;
14 essi e tutte le fiere secondo la loro specie, e tutto il bestiame secondo la loro specie, e tutti i rettili che strisciano sulla terra secondo la loro specie, e tutti gli uccelli secondo la loro specie, tutti gli uccelli di ogni sorta.
15 Questi vennero da Noè, nell'arca, a due a due, di ogni carne in cui vi è alito di vita;
16 entrarono maschio e femmina di ogni carne, come DIO aveva comandato a Noè; poi l'Eterno li chiuse dentro.
17 E il diluvio venne sopra la terra per quaranta giorni; e le acque crebbero e sollevarono l'arca, che si alzò in alto sopra la terra.
18 Le acque ingrossarono e crebbero grandemente sopra la terra e l'arca galleggiava sulla superficie delle acque.
19 E le acque ingrossarono con grande forza sopra la terra; e tutte le alte montagne che erano sotto tutto il cielo furono coperte.
20 Le acque si alzarono quindici cubiti al di sopra di esse; e le montagne furono coperte.
21 Così perì ogni carne che si muoveva sulla terra: uccelli, bestiame, fiere, rettili di ogni sorta striscianti sulla terra e tutti gli uomini.
22 Tutto quello che era sulla terra asciutta ed aveva alito di vita nelle sue narici morì.
23 E tutti gli esseri viventi che erano sulla faccia della terra furono sterminati: dall'uomo fino al bestiame ai rettili e agli uccelli del cielo; essi furono sterminati dalla terra e non scampò che Noè con quelli che erano con lui nell'arca.
24 E le acque copersero la terra per centocinquanta giorni.
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