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- Chapter 7 -

(2 Peter 3:1–7)
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And the Lord said to him: “Enter the ark, you and all your house. For I have seen you to be just in my sight, within this generation.(a)
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From all the clean animals, take seven and seven, the male and the female. Yet truly, from animals that are unclean, take two and two, the male and the female.(b) (c)
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But also from the birds of the air, take seven and seven, the male and the female, so that offspring may be saved upon the face of the whole earth.
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For from that point, and after seven days, I will rain upon the earth for forty days and forty nights. And I will wipe away every substance that I have made, from the surface of the earth.”(d)
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Therefore, Noah did all things just as the Lord had commanded him.
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And he was six hundred years old when the waters of the great flood inundated the earth.
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And Noah entered into the ark, and his sons, his wife, and the wives of his sons with him, because of the waters of the great flood.
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And from the animals both clean and unclean, and from the birds, and from everything that moves upon the earth,
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two by two they were brought into the ark to Noah, male and female, just as the Lord had instructed Noah.
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And when seven days had passed, the waters of the great flood inundated the earth.
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In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great abyss were released, and the floodgates of heaven were opened.
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And rain came upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.
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On the very same day, Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark.
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They and every animal according to its kind, and all the cattle in their kind, and everything that moves upon the earth in their kind, and every flying thing according to its kind, all the birds and all that can fly,
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entered the ark to Noah, two by two out of all that is flesh, in which there was the breath of life.
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And those that entered went in male and female, from all that is flesh, just as God had instructed him. And then the Lord closed him in from the outside.
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And the great flood occurred for forty days upon the earth. And the waters were increased, and they lifted the ark high above the land.
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For they overflowed greatly, and they filled everything on the surface of the earth. And then the ark was carried across the waters.
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And the waters prevailed beyond measure across the earth. And all the lofty mountains under the whole heaven were covered.
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The water was fifteen cubits higher than the mountains which it covered.
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And all flesh was consumed which moved upon the earth: flying things, animals, wild beasts, and all moving things that crawl upon the ground. And all men,
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and everything in which there is the breath of life on earth, died.
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And he wiped away all substance that was upon the earth, from man to animal, the crawling things just as much as the flying things of the air. And they were wiped away from the earth. But only Noah remained, and those who were with him in the ark.
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And the waters possessed the earth for one hundred and fifty days.

Footnotes

(a)7:1 Blessed A. C. Emmerich asserts that there were many members of Noah’s extended family in the ark, not just the either persons who were named. The text “all your house” tends to support that assertion.(Conte)
(b)7:2 Now we find out that the pairs from all animals are two pairs (4) from clean animals and seven pairs (14) from unclean animals.(Conte)
(c)7:2 Of all clean:The distinction of clean and unclean beasts appears to have been made before the law of Moses, which was not promulgated till the year of the world 2514.(Challoner)
(d)7:4 The expression “forty days and forty nights” is often said, incorrectly, to be an expression of an inexact period of time, as if it merely referred to a long time. However, it is very clear from other passages of the Bible which refer to periods of time, some by approximations and other by exact expressions, that a time called ‘days and nights’ indicates an exact period of time.(Conte)
(2 Peter 3:1–7)
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The LORD said to Noah, “Come with all of your household into the ship, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.
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You shall take seven pairs of every clean animal with you, the male and his female. Of the animals that are not clean, take two, the male and his female.
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Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive on the surface of all the earth.
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In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. I will destroy every living thing that I have made from the surface of the ground.”
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Noah did everything that the LORD commanded him.
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Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came on the earth.
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Noah went into the ship with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, because of the floodwaters.
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Clean animals, unclean animals, birds, and everything that creeps on the ground
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went by pairs to Noah into the ship, male and female, as God commanded Noah.
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After the seven days, the floodwaters came on the earth.
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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 deep burst open, and the sky’s windows opened.
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It rained on the earth forty days and forty nights.
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In the same day Noah, and Shem, Ham, and Japheth—the sons of Noah—and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered into the ship—
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they, and every animal after its kind, all the livestock after their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort.
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Pairs from all flesh with the breath of life in them went into the ship to Noah.
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Those who went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him; then the LORD shut him in.
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The flood was forty days on the earth. The waters increased, and lifted up the ship, and it was lifted up above the earth.
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The waters rose, and increased greatly on the earth; and the ship floated on the surface of the waters.
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The waters rose very high on the earth. All the high mountains that were under the whole sky were covered.
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The waters rose fifteen cubits (a) higher, and the mountains were covered.
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All flesh died that moved on the earth, including birds, livestock, animals, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man.
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All on the dry land, in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, died.
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Every living thing was destroyed that was on the surface of the ground, including man, livestock, creeping things, and birds of the sky. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ship.
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The waters flooded the earth one hundred fifty days.

Footnotes

(a)7:20 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
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