1 And the LORD 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 by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.* 3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the 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 substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.*

5 And Noah did according unto all that the LORD 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 fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, 9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. 10 And it came to pass after 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, the seventeenth day of the month, 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 his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his 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 had commanded him: and the LORD 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 lift up above the earth. 18 And the waters prevailed, and were 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 hills, 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 of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: 22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.* 23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. 24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.

1 Então, o Senhor disse a Noé:

― Entre na arca, você e toda a sua família, porque tenho visto que você é justo aos meus olhos entre as pessoas desta geração. 2 Leve com você sete casais de cada espécie de animal puro, macho e fêmea, e um casal de cada espécie de animal impuro, macho e fêmea, 3 e leve também sete casais de aves de cada espécie, macho e fêmea, a fim de preservá‑los sobre toda a terra. 4 Daqui a sete dias, farei chover sobre a terra quarenta dias e quarenta noites e eliminarei da face da terra todos os seres vivos que fiz.

5 Noé fez tudo como o Senhor lhe tinha ordenado.

6 Noé tinha seiscentos anos de idade quando as águas do dilúvio vieram sobre a terra. 7 Noé, os seus filhos, a sua mulher e as mulheres dos seus filhos entraram na arca, por causa das águas do dilúvio. 8 Animais de rebanho, puros e impuros, aves e todos os animais que rastejam sobre a terra, 9 de dois em dois, vieram a Noé, macho e fêmea, e entraram na arca, como Deus tinha ordenado a Noé. 10 Passados sete dias, as águas do dilúvio vieram sobre a terra.

11 Quando Noé tinha seiscentos anos de idade, no décimo sétimo dia do segundo mês — nesse mesmo dia —, todas as fontes das grandes profundezas jorraram, e as comportas do céu se abriram. 12 Choveu sobre a terra quarenta dias e quarenta noites.

13 Naquele mesmo dia, Noé e os seus filhos, Sem, Cam e Jafé, com a sua mulher e com as mulheres dos seus três filhos, entraram na arca. 14 Entraram com eles, de acordo com a sua espécie, todos os animais selvagens, todos os animais de rebanho, todos os animais que rastejam sobre a terra, todas as aves e tudo o que tem asas. 15 Todo ser que tinha o fôlego de vida veio a Noé, de dois em dois, e entraram na arca. 16 Um macho e uma fêmea de cada ser vivo vieram e entraram, conforme Deus havia ordenado a Noé. Então, o Senhor o fechou dentro.

17 O dilúvio durou quarenta dias, e as águas subiram, elevando a arca acima da terra. 18 As águas prevaleceram, aumentando muito sobre a terra, mas a arca flutuava sobre a superfície das águas. 19 As águas amontoaram sobre a terra, a ponto de cobrirem todas as altas montanhas debaixo do céu. 20 As águas amontoaram‑se até quase quinze côvados* acima das montanhas. 21 Todos os seres vivos que rastejam sobre a terra pereceram: aves, animais de rebanho, animais selvagens, animais que se movem sobre a terra e toda a humanidade. 22 Tudo o que havia em terra seca e tinha nas narinas o fôlego de vida morreu. 23 Todos os seres vivos foram eliminados da face da terra; tanto as pessoas como os animais de rebanho, os animais rastejantes e as aves do céu foram eliminados da terra. Só restaram Noé e aqueles que com ele estavam na arca.

24 As águas prevaleceram sobre a terra cento e cinquenta dias.