Genesis 7:1-11:32 And the LORD said unto Noah, "Go into the ark both thou and all thy household. For thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

MSTC⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ And the LORD said unto Noah, "Go into the ark both thou and all thy household. For thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. ² Of all clean beasts take unto thee seven of every kind, the male and his female, and of unclean beasts a pair, the male and his female: ³ likewise of the birds of the air seven of every kind, male and female to save seed upon all the earth. ⁴ For seven days hence will I send rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights and will destroy all manner of things that I have made, from off the face of the earth." ⁵ And Noah did according to all that the LORD commanded him: ⁶ and Noah was six hundred years old, when the flood of water came upon the earth. ⁷ And Noah went, and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him, into the ark from the waters of the flood. ⁸ And of clean beasts and of beasts that were unclean and of birds and of all that creepeth upon the earth, ⁹ came in by couples of every kind unto Noah into the ark: a male and a female: even as God commanded Noah. ¹⁰ And the seventh day the waters of the flood came upon the earth. ¹¹ In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, that same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened, ¹² and there fell a rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights. ¹³ And the selfsame day went Noah, Shem, Ham and Japheth, Noah's sons, and Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons with them in to the ark: ¹⁴ both they and all manner of beasts in their kind, and all manner of cattle in their kind and all manner of worms that creep upon the earth in their kind, and all manner of birds in their kind, and all manner of fowls whatsoever had feathers. ¹⁵ And they came unto Noah into the ark by couples, of all flesh that had breath of life in it. ¹⁶ And they that came, came male and female of every flesh according as God commanded him: and the LORD shut the door upon him. ¹⁷ And the flood came forty days and forty nights upon the earth, and the water increased and bare up the ark and it was lift up from off the earth. ¹⁸ And the water prevailed and increased exceedingly upon the earth: and the ark went upon the top of the waters. ¹⁹ And the waters prevailed exceedingly above measure upon the earth, so that all the high hills which are under all the parts of heaven were covered: ²⁰ even fifteen cubits high prevailed the waters, so that the hills were covered. ²¹ And all flesh that moved on the earth, both birds, cattle and beasts, perished; with all that crept on the earth, and all men: ²² so that all that had the breath of life in the nostrils of it, throughout all that was on dry land, died. ²³ Thus was destroyed all that was upon the earth; both man, beasts, worms and fowls of the air, so that they were destroyed from the earth: save Noah was reserved only and they that were with him in the ark. ²⁴ And the waters prevailed upon the earth, a hundred and fifty days. ⁸ ¹ And God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to blow upon the earth, and the waters ceased; ² and the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain of heaven was forbidden, ³ and the waters returned from off the earth and abated after the end of a hundred and fifty days. ⁴ And the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat, the seventeenth day of the seventh month. ⁵ And the waters went away, and decreased until the tenth month. And the first day of the tenth month, the tops of the mountains appeared. ⁶ And after the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made, ⁷ and sent forth a raven, which went out, ever going and coming again, until the waters were dried up upon the earth. ⁸ Then sent he forth a dove from him, to wete whether the waters were fallen from off the earth. ⁹ And when the dove could find no resting place for her foot, she returned to him again unto the ark, for the waters were upon the face of all the earth. And he put out his hand and took her and pulled her to him into the ark. ¹⁰ And he abode yet seven days more, and sent out the dove again out of the ark; ¹¹ and the dove came to him again about eventide, and behold: there was in her mouth a leaf of an olive tree which she had plucked, whereby Noah perceived that the waters were abated upon the earth. ¹² And he tarried yet seven other days, and sent forth the dove, which from thenceforth came no more again to him. ¹³ And it came to pass, the six hundred and one year and the first day of the first month, that the waters were dried up upon the earth. And Noah took off the hatches of the ark and looked: and behold, the face of the earth was dry. ¹⁴ So by the twenty seventh day of the second month the earth was dry. ¹⁵ And God spake unto Noah saying, ¹⁶ "Come out of the ark, both thou and thy wife and thy sons and thy sons' wives with thee. ¹⁷ And all the beasts that are with thee whatsoever flesh it be, both fowl and cattle and all manner worms that creep on the earth, bring out with thee, and let them move, grow and multiply upon the earth." ¹⁸ And Noah came out, and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him. ¹⁹ All the beasts also, and all the worms, and all the fowls, and all that crept upon the earth, went out of the ark, every one unto his like. ²⁰ And Noah made an altar unto the LORD, and took of all manner of clean beasts and all manner of clean fowls, and offered sacrifice upon the altar. ²¹ And the LORD smelled a sweet savour and said in his heart, "I will henceforth no more curse the earth for man's sake, for the imagination of man's heart is evil even from the very youth of him. Moreover I will not destroy from henceforth all that liveth as I have done. ²² Neither shall sowing time and harvest, cold, and heat, summer and winter, day and night cease, as long as the earth endureth." ⁹ ¹ And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, "Increase and multiply and fill the earth. ² The fear also and dread of you be upon all beasts of the earth, and upon all fowls of the air, and upon all that creepeth on the earth, and upon all fishes of the sea, which are given unto your hands. ³ And all that moveth upon the earth, having life, shall be your meat: Even as the green herbs, so give I you all things. ⁴ Only: the flesh with his life, which is his blood, see that ye eat not. ⁵ For verily the blood of you, wherein your lives are, will I require: Even of the hand of all beasts will I require it, and of the hand of man and of the hand of every man's brother, will I require the life of man: ⁶ so that he which sheddeth man's blood, shall have his blood shed by man again: for God made man after his own likeness. ⁷ See that ye increase, and wax, and be occupied upon the earth, and multiply therein." ⁸ Furthermore, God spake unto Noah and to his sons with him saying, ⁹ "See, I make my covenant with you and your seed after you, ¹⁰ and with all living things that is with you: both fowl and cattle, and all manner beast of the earth that is with you, of all that cometh out of the ark, whatsoever beast of the earth it be. ¹¹ I make my covenant with you, that henceforth all flesh shall not be destroyed with the waters of any flood, and that henceforth there shall not be a flood to destroy the earth." ¹² And God said, "This is the token of my covenant which I make between me and you, and between all living thing, that is with you forever: ¹³ I will set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant made between me and the earth; ¹⁴ so that when I bring in clouds upon the earth, the bow shall appear in the clouds. ¹⁵ And then will I think upon my covenant which I have made between me and you, and all that liveth, whatsoever flesh it be. So that henceforth there shall be no more waters to make a flood to destroy all flesh. ¹⁶ The bow shall be in the clouds, and I will look upon it, to remember the everlasting covenant between God and all that liveth upon the earth, whatsoever flesh it be." ¹⁷ And God said unto Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant which I have made between me and all flesh that is on the earth." ¹⁸ The sons of Noah that came out of the ark were: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham he is the father of Canaan. ¹⁹ These are the three sons of Noah, and of these was all the world overspread. ²⁰ And Noah, being a husbandman, went forth and planted a vineyard, ²¹ and drank of the wine and was drunk, and lay uncovered in the midst of his tent. ²² And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's privities, and told his two brethren that were without. ²³ And Shem and Japheth took a mantle, and put it on both their shoulders and went backward, and covered their father's secrets, but their faces were backward, so that they saw not their father's nakedness. ²⁴ As soon as Noah was awaked from his wine and wist what his youngest son had done unto him, ²⁵ he said, "Cursed be Canaan, and a servant, of all servants be he to his brethren." ²⁶ And he said, "Blessed be the LORD God of Shem, and Canaan be his servant. ²⁷ God increase Japheth that he may dwell in the tents of Shem. And Canaan be their servant." ²⁸ And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years: ²⁹ So that all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years, and then he died. ¹⁰ ¹ These are the generations of the sons of Noah: of Shem, Ham and Japheth, which begat them children after the flood. ² The sons of Japheth were: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech and Tiras. ³ And the sons of Gomer were: Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah. ⁴ And the sons of Javan were: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. ⁵ Of these came the Isles of the gentiles in their countries, every man in his speech, kindred and nation. ⁶ The sons of Ham were: Cush, Mizraim, Phut and Canaan. ⁷ The sons of Cush: were Seva, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah were: Sheba, and Dedan. ⁸ Cush also begot Nimrod, which began to be mighty in the earth: ⁹ He was a mighty hunter in the sight of the LORD, whereof came the proverb "he is as Nimrod, that mighty hunter in the sight of the LORD." ¹⁰ And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar: ¹¹ Out of that land came Assyria, and built Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, ¹² and Resen between Nineveh and Calah. That is a great city. ¹³ And Mizraim begat Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, ¹⁴ Pathrusim and Casluhim: from whence came the Philistines, and the Caphthorines. ¹⁵ Canaan also begat Sidon his eldest son and Heth, ¹⁶ Jebusi, Amori, Girgosi, ¹⁷ Hivi, Arki, Sini, ¹⁸ Arvadi, Zemari and Hamathi. And afterward sprang the kindreds of the Canaanites. ¹⁹ And the coasts of the Canaanites were from Sidon till thou come to Gerar and to Gaza, and till thou come to Sodom, Gomorrah, Adma, Zeboiim: even unto Lasha. ²⁰ These were the children of Ham in their kindreds, tongues, lands and nations. ²¹ And Shem the father of all the children of Eber and the eldest brother of Japheth, begat children also. ²² And his sons were: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud and Aram. ²³ And the children of Aram were: Uz, Hul, Gether and Mash. ²⁴ And Arpachshad begat Shelah, and Sheleh begat Eber. ²⁵ And Eber begat two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his time the earth was divided. And the name of his brother was Joktan. ²⁶ Joktan begat Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, ²⁷ Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, ²⁸ Obal, Abimael, Sheba, ²⁹ Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All these are the sons of Joktan. ³⁰ And the dwelling of them was from Mesha until thou come unto Sephar, a mountain of the east land. ³¹ These are the sons of Shem in their kindreds, languages, countries and nations. ³² These are the kindreds of the sons of Noah, in their generations and nations. And of these came the people that were in the world after the flood. ¹¹ ¹ And all the world was of one tongue and one language. ² And as they came from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and there they dwelled. ³ And they said, one to another, "Come on, let us make brick and burn it with fire." So brick was their stone and slime was their mortar. ⁴ And they said, "Come on, let us build us a city and a tower, that the top may reach unto heaven. And let us make us a name, for peradventure we shall be scattered abroad over all the earth." ⁵ And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the children of Adam had built. ⁶ And the LORD said, "See, the people is one and have one tongue among them all: And this have they begun to do, and will not leave off from all that they have purposed to do. ⁷ Come on, let us descend and mingle their tongue even there, that one understand not what another sayeth." ⁸ Thus the LORD scattered them from thence upon all the earth. And they left off to build the city. ⁹ Wherefore the name of it is called Babel, because that the LORD there confounded the tongue of all the world; and because that the LORD, from thence, scattered them abroad upon all the earth. ¹⁰ These are the generations of Shem: Shem was a hundred years old and begat Arpachshad two years after the flood. ¹¹ And Shem lived, after he had begot Arpachshad, five hundred years and begat sons and daughters. ¹² And Arpachshad lived thirty five years and begat Shelah, ¹³ and lived, after he had begot Shelah, four hundred years and three and begat sons and daughters. ¹⁴ And Shelah was thirty years old and begat Eber, ¹⁵ and lived, after he had begot Eber, four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. ¹⁶ When Eber was thirty four years old, he begat Peleg, ¹⁷ and lived, after he had begot Peleg, four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. ¹⁸ And Peleg when he was thirty years old begat Reu, ¹⁹ and lived after he had begot Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. ²⁰ And Reu, when he had lived thirty two years, begat Serug, ²¹ and lived after he had begot Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. ²² And when Serug was thirty years old, he begat Nahor, ²³ and lived, after he had begot Nahor, two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. ²⁴ And Nahor, when he was twenty nine years old, begat Terah, ²⁵ and lived, after he had begot Terah, a hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. ²⁶ And when Terah was seventy years old, he begat Abram, Nahor and Haran. ²⁷ And these are the generations of Terah. Terah begat Abram, Nahor and Haran. And Haran begat Lot. ²⁸ And Haran died before Terah his father, in the land where he was born, at Ur in Chaldea. ²⁹ And Abram and Nahor took them wives. Abram's wife was called Sarai. And Nahor's wife, Milcah the daughter of Haran; which was father of Milcah and of Iscah. ³⁰ But Sarai was barren and had no child. ³¹ Then took Terah: Abram his son, and Lot his son Haran's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law his son Abram's wife. And they went with him from Ur in Chaldea, to go into the land of Canaan. And they came to Haran and dwelled there. ³² And when Terah was two hundred years old and five he died in Haran.