1 And Jehovah said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. 2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee seven and seven, the male and his female; and of the beasts that are not clean two, the male and his female: 3 of the birds also of the heavens, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. 4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living thing that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the ground. 5 And Noah did according unto all that Jehovah commanded him.

6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. 7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. 8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creepeth upon the ground, 9 there went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noah. 10 And it came to pass after the seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; 14 they, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort. 15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh wherein is the breath of life. 16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him: and Jehovah shut him in. 17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth. 18 And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered. 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. 21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both birds, and cattle, and beasts, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: 22 all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was on the dry land, died. 23 And every living thing was destroyed that was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only was left, and they that were with him in the ark. 24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.

1 Depois o Senhor Deus disse a Noé:

— Entre na barca, você e toda a sua família, pois eu tenho visto que você é a única pessoa que faz o que é certo. 2 Leve junto com você sete casais de cada espécie de animal puro e um casal de cada espécie de animal impuro. 3 Leve também sete casais de cada espécie de ave para que se conservem as espécies que existem na terra. 4 Pois daqui a sete dias eu vou fazer chover durante quarenta dias e quarenta noites. Assim vou acabar com todos os seres vivos que criei.

5 E Noé fez tudo conforme o que o Senhor Deus havia mandado. 6 Noé tinha seiscentos anos de idade quando as águas do dilúvio cobriram a terra. 7 A fim de escapar do dilúvio, ele entrou na barca junto com os seus filhos, a sua mulher e as suas noras. 8 Os animais puros e os impuros, os que se arrastam pelo chão e as aves 9 entraram com Noé na barca de dois em dois, macho e fêmea, como Deus havia mandado. 10 Sete dias depois, as águas do dilúvio começaram a cobrir a terra.

11 Nesse tempo Noé tinha seiscentos anos. No dia dezessete do segundo mês, se arrebentaram todas as fontes do grande mar , e foram abertas as janelas do céu, 12 e caiu chuva sobre a terra durante quarenta dias e quarenta noites. 13 Nesse mesmo dia Noé e a sua mulher entraram na barca junto com os seus filhos Sem, Cam e Jafé e as suas mulheres. 14 Com eles entraram animais de todas as espécies: os domésticos e os selvagens, os que se arrastam pelo chão e as aves. 15 Todos os animais entraram com Noé na barca, de dois em dois. 16 Entraram machos e fêmeas de cada espécie, de acordo com o que Deus havia mandado Noé fazer. Aí o Senhor fechou a porta da barca.

17 O dilúvio durou quarenta dias. A água subiu e levantou a barca, e ela começou a boiar. 18 A água foi subindo, e a barca continuou a boiar. 19 A água subiu tanto, que cobriu todas as montanhas mais altas da terra. 20 E depois ainda subiu mais sete metros. 21 Morreram todos os seres vivos que havia na terra, isto é, as aves, os animais domésticos, os animais selvagens, os animais que se arrastam pelo chão e os seres humanos. 22 Morreu tudo o que havia na terra, tudo o que tinha vida e respirava. 23 Somente Noé e os que estavam com ele na barca ficaram vivos. O resto foi destruído, isto é, os seres humanos, os animais domésticos, os animais selvagens e os que se arrastam pelo chão e as aves. 24 Só cento e cinquenta dias depois é que a água começou a baixar.