Genesis 7

1Then the LORD said to Noah: Go into the ark, you and all your family. I have seen that you are a good man among the people of this time.

2Take with you 7 pairs of every kind of clean animal, male and female. Take 1 pair of every kind of animal that is not clean, male and female.

3Also take 7 pairs of every kind of bird, male and female. Do this to keep them alive on the earth.

4In 7 days I will send rain on the earth. It will rain for 40 days and 40 nights. I will wipe from the earth every living thing I have made.

5Noah did everything the LORD commanded him.

6Noah was 600 years old when the flood waters came on the earth.

7Noah went into the ark to escape the flood waters. His sons, his wife, and his sons' wives went in with him.

8Animals of every kind came to Noah. There were clean animals and animals that are not clean. There were birds and everything that crawls on the ground.

9They went into the ark with Noah, 2 by 2, male and female. They went in just as God had commanded Noah.

10After 7 days, the flood waters came on the earth.

11It was the 600th year of Noah's life. On the 17th day of the 2nd month, all the underground waters burst open. The windows of the sky were opened.

12Rain fell on the earth for 40 days and 40 nights.

13On that same day, Noah went into the ark. His sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth went in with him. Noah's wife and the 3 wives of his sons went in too.

14Every kind of animal was with them. There were wild animals, farm animals, animals that crawl on the ground, and birds of every kind.

15They came to Noah and went into the ark, 2 by 2. Every living thing that breathes came.

16The animals that went in were male and female of every kind, just as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut Noah in.

17The flood continued for 40 days on the earth. The waters rose and lifted the ark high above the ground.

18The waters rose higher and higher, and the ark floated on top of the water.

19The waters rose so high that they covered even the highest mountains everywhere under the sky.

20The water rose about 22 feet above the mountains. The mountains were covered completely.

21Every living thing on the earth died. This included the birds, the farm animals, the wild animals, every creature, and all the people.

22Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in it died.

23God wiped out every living thing on the earth. That included people, animals, crawling creatures and birds. Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark.

24The waters covered the earth for 150 days.