were opened. And the rain was upon the earth 12 forty days and forty nights. In the selfsame 13 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; they, and every beast after its kind, 14 and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind, and every fowl after its kind, 1 Heb. wing. every bird of every 'sort. And they went in 15 unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh wherein is the breath of life. And they 16 that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him and the LORD shut him in. And the flood was forty days 17 upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. And the waters prevailed, and increased 18 greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. And the waters pre- 19 vailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered. Fifteen cubits upward 20 did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. And all flesh died that moved upon 21 the earth, both fowl, and cattle, and beast, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: all in whose nostrils was 22 the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was Or, And he in the dry land, died. And every living thing 23 was 'destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping Heb. blotted thing, and fowl of the heaven; and they were 'destroyed from the earth: and Noah only was left, and they that were with him in the ark. And the waters prevailed upon the earth an 24 hundred and fifty days. 2 Or, swarming thing that swarmeth 3 destroyed every living thing out. I And God remembered Noah, and every living 1 8 thing, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the 2 earth, and the waters assuaged; the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was 3 restrained; and the waters returned from off the earth continually and after the end of an hundred and fifty days the waters decreased. 4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the 5 mountains of Ararat. And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, 6 were the tops of the mountains seen. And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had 7 made: and he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up 8 from off the earth. And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from 9 off the face of the ground; but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him to the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her in unto 10 him into the ark. And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove II out of the ark; and the dove came in to him at eventide; and, lo, in her mouth 'an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were 12 abated from off the earth. And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; and she returned not again unto him any more. 13 And it came to pass in the six hundred 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 dried. And in the second month, 14 on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dry. And God spake unto Noah, saying, Go forth 15, 16 of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. Bring forth 17 with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both fowl, and cattle, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. And 18 Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him: every beast, 19 every creeping thing, and every fowl, whatsoever moveth upon the earth, after their families, went forth out of the ark. And Noah builded 20 an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And the LORD 21 smelled the sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's 'sake, for that 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. While the earth re- 22 maineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. And God blessed Noah 19 and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear 2 of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the 2 Or, creepeth air; with all wherewith the ground teemeth, and all the fishes of the sea, into your hand are they delivered. Every moving thing that 3 liveth shall be food for you; as the green herb have I given you all. But flesh with the life 4 thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not 1 Or, sake; for the 5 eat. And surely your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it: and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, will I re6 quire the life of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in 7 the image of God made he man. 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 9 with him, saying, And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after 10 you; and with every living creature that is with you, the fowl, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that go out of the 11 ark, even every beast of the earth. And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood; neither shall there any more be a 12 flood to destroy the earth. And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature 13 that is with you, for perpetual generations: 'I 1Or, I have do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for set a token of a covenant between me and the 14 earth. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be 15 seen in the cloud, 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 16 all flesh. 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. VOL. I. B And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the 18 ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. These three 19 were the sons of Noah: and of these was the whole earth overspread. And Noah began to be an husbandman, and 20 planted a vineyard: and he drank of the wine, 21 and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw 22 the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. And Shem and Japheth 23 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. And Noah awoke from his wine, and 24 1 Or, younger knew what his 'youngest son had done unto him. And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his 25 brethren. And he said, 26 2 Or, their Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem; God enlarge Japheth, 27 3 Or, he shall And let him dwell in the tents of Shem; And Noah lived after the flood three hun- 28 dred and fifty years. And all the days of Noah 29 were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died. Now these are the generations of the sons 10 of Noah, Shem Ham and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, 2 and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, 3 and Riphath, and Togarmah. And the sons 4 |