洪水氾濫
1耶和華對挪亞說：「你和你一家都進入方舟，因為這個世代只有你在我眼中是義人。 2潔淨的動物，你要每樣帶七公七母，不潔淨的動物每樣帶一公一母， 3飛鳥每樣帶七公七母，叫牠們以後可以在地上繁衍後代。 4因為七天之後，我要在地上降雨四十晝夜，毀滅我所造的一切生靈。」 5凡耶和華所吩咐的，挪亞都照辦了。
6洪水氾濫的那一年，挪亞正好六百歲。 7挪亞與妻子、兒子們和兒媳們都進了方舟，躲避洪水。 8潔淨的動物、不潔淨的動物、飛禽和地上的一切爬蟲， 9都一公一母成對地到挪亞那裡，進了方舟，正如上帝對挪亞的吩咐。 10那七天過後，洪水在地上氾濫起來。
11挪亞六百歲那年的二月7·11 「二月」按猶太曆計算，本卷書所用月份都是按猶太曆計算。十七日，所有深淵的泉源都裂開了，天上的水閘也打開了， 12地上傾盆大雨降了四十晝夜。 13那天，挪亞與他的兒子閃、含和雅弗，還有挪亞的妻子和三個兒媳婦都進了方舟。 14所有的野獸、牲畜、地上的爬蟲和飛鳥都按種類進入方舟。 15-16這些動物都一公一母成對地到挪亞那裡，進入方舟，正如上帝對挪亞的吩咐。耶和華關上了方舟的門。
17洪水在地上氾濫了四十天，水不斷地往上漲，把方舟漂了起來。 18洪水來勢洶洶，淹沒大地，方舟漂浮在水面上。 19水勢越來越大，把天下各處的高山都淹沒了。 20水淹沒了群山，水面高出群山七米。 21世上所有的飛禽、走獸、牲畜、爬蟲和人類都死了。 22在陸地上所有用鼻孔呼吸的生靈都死了。 23地上的人類、飛禽走獸和爬蟲等一切生靈都被毀滅了，只剩下挪亞和跟他同在方舟裡的生靈。 24洪水淹沒大地一百五十天。
1Then the Lord said to Noah, “Go into the ark with your whole family. I know that you are a godly man among the people of today. 2Take seven pairs of every kind of ‘clean’ animal with you. Take a male and a female of each kind. Take one pair of every kind of animal that is not ‘clean.’ Take a male and a female of each kind. 3Also take seven pairs of every kind of bird. Take a male and a female of each kind. Then every kind will be kept alive. They can spread out again over the whole earth. 4Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth. It will rain for 40 days and 40 nights. I will destroy from the face of the earth every living creature I have made.”
5Noah did everything the Lord commanded him to do.
6Noah was 600 years old when the flood came on the earth. 7He and his sons entered the ark. His wife and his sons’ wives went with them. They entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood. 8Male and female pairs of “clean” animals and pairs of animals that were not “clean” came to Noah. So did male and female pairs of birds and of all the creatures that move along the ground. 9All of them came to Noah and entered the ark. Everything happened just as God had commanded Noah. 10After seven days the flood came on the earth.
11Noah was 600 years old. It was the 17th day of the second month of the year. On that day all of the springs at the bottom of the oceans burst open. God opened the windows of the sky. 12Rain fell on the earth for 40 days and 40 nights.
13On that same day Noah entered the ark together with his sons Shem, Ham and Japheth. Noah’s wife and the wives of his three sons also entered it. 14They had every kind of wild animal with them. They had every kind of livestock, creature that moves along the ground, and bird that flies. 15Pairs of all living creatures that breathe came to Noah and entered the ark. 16The animals going in were male and female of every living thing. Everything happened just as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord shut him in.
17For 40 days the flood kept coming on the earth. As the waters rose higher, they lifted the ark high above the earth. 18The waters rose higher and higher on the earth. And the ark floated on the water. 19The waters rose on the earth until all the high mountains under the entire sky were covered. 20The waters continued to rise until they covered the mountains by more than 20 feet. 21Every living thing that moved on land died. The birds, the livestock and the wild animals died. All of the creatures that fill the earth also died. And so did every human being. 22Every breathing thing on dry land died. 23Every living thing on earth was wiped out. People and animals were destroyed. The creatures that move along the ground and the birds in the sky were wiped out. Everything on earth was destroyed. Only Noah and those with him in the ark were left.
24The waters flooded the earth for 150 days.
