And the LORDsaidunto Noah, Comethouand allthy houseintothe ark; forthee have I seenrighteousbeforeme in thisgeneration. Of everycleanbeastthou shalt taketo thee by sevens, the maleand his female: and ofbeaststhat are notcleanby two, the maleand his female. Of fowlsalsoof the airby sevens, the maleand the female; to keep seedaliveuponthe faceof allthe earth. Foryetsevendays, and Iwill cause it to rainuponthe earthfortydaysand fortynights; and everyliving substancethatI have madewill I destroyfrom offthe faceof the earth. And Noahdidaccording unto allthatthe LORDcommandedhim. And Noah was sixhundredyearsoldwhen the floodof waterswasuponthe earth. And Noahwent in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wiveswithhim, intothe ark, becauseof the watersof the flood. Ofcleanbeasts, and ofbeaststhat are notclean, and offowls, and of every thingthatcreepethuponthe earth, There went intwoand twountoNoahintothe ark, the maleand the female, asGodhad commandedNoah. And it came to passafter sevendays, that the watersof the floodwereuponthe earth. In the sixhundredthyearof Noah's life, in the secondmonth, the seventeenthdayof the month, the samedaywere allthe fountainsof the greatdeepbroken up, and the windowsof heavenwere opened. And the rainwasuponthe earthfortydaysand fortynights. In the selfsamedayenteredNoah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sonsof Noah, and Noah's wife, and the threewivesof his sonswiththem, intothe ark; They, and everybeastafter his kind, and allthe cattleafter their kind, and everycreeping thingthat creepethuponthe earthafter his kind, and everyfowlafter his kind, everybirdof everysort. And they went inuntoNoahintothe ark, twoand twoof allflesh, wherein is the breathof life. And they that went in, went inmaleand femaleof allflesh, asGodhad commandedhim: and the LORDshut him in. And the floodwasfortydaysuponthe earth; and the watersincreased, and bore upthe ark, and it was lifted upabovethe earth. And the watersprevailed, and were increasedgreatlyuponthe earth; and the arkwentuponthe faceof the waters. And the watersprevailedexceedinglyuponthe earth; and allthe highhills, that were underthe wholeheaven, were covered. Fifteencubitsupwarddid the watersprevail; and the mountainswere covered. And allfleshdiedthat moveduponthe earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of everycreeping thingthat creepethuponthe earth, and everyman: Allin whose nostrils was the breathof life, of allthat was in the dry land , died. And everyliving substancewas destroyedwhichwas uponthe faceof the ground, both man, andcattle, andthe creeping things, andthe fowlof the heaven; and they were destroyedfromthe earth: and Noahonlyremained alive , and they that were withhim in the ark. And the watersprevaileduponthe eartha hundredand fiftydays.