The Story of Noah from the Book of Genesis. Chapter 6 |
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6:1
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And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, | |
6:2 | That
the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took
them wives of all which they chose. |
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6:3 | And
the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also
is flesh: yet his days shall be an
hundred and twenty years. |
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6:4 | There
were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons
of God came in unto the
daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men
of renown. |
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6:5 | And
God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every
imagination of the thoughts of
his heart was only evil continually. |
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6:6 | And
it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him
at his heart. |
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6:7 | And
the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the
earth; both man, and beast,
and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have
made them |
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6:8 | But
Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. |
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6:9 | These
are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his
generations, and Noah walked with
God. |
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6:10 | And
Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. |
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6:11 | The
earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. |
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6:12 | And
God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had
corrupted his way upon the earth. |
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6:13 | And
God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is
filled with violence through
them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. |
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6:14 | Make
thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make
in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with
pitch. |
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6:15 | And
this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of:
The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the
breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. |
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6:16 | A
window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit
shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou
set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. |
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6:17 | And,
behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all
flesh, wherein is the breath of
life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. |
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6:18 | But
with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and
thy sons' wives with thee. |
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6:19 | And
of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee;
they shall be male and female. |
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6:20 | Of
fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping
thing of the earth after his kind, two of
every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. |
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6:21 | And
take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee,
and for them. |
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6:22 | Thus
did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
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Chapter 7
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7:1
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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. | |
7:2 | 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. |
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7:3 | Of
fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive
upon the face of all the earth. |
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7:4 | 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. |
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7:5 | And
Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him. |
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7:6 | And
Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. |
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7:7 | 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. |
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7:8 | Of
clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every
thing that creepeth upon the earth, |
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7:9 | There
went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God
had commanded Noah. |
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7:10 | And it
came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the
earth. |
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7:11 | 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. |
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7:12 | And
the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. |
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7:13 | 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; |
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7:14 | 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. |
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7:15 | And
they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is
the breath of life. |
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7:16 | And
they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had
commanded him: and the LORD shut him in. |
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7:17 | 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. |
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7:18 | And
the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark
went upon the face of the waters. |
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7:19 | And
the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills,
that were under the whole heaven, were
covered. |
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7:20 |
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were
covered. |
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7:21 | 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: |
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7:22 | All in
whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land,
died. |
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7:23 | 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. |
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7:24 | And
the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.
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Chapter 8
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8:1
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And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged; | |
8:2 | The
fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the
rain from heaven was restrained; |
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8:3 | And
the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the
hundred and fifty days the waters were
abated. |
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8:4 | And
the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month,
upon the mountains of Ararat. |
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8:5 | And
the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month,
on the first day of the month, were the
tops of the mountains seen. |
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8:6 | And it
came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the
ark which he had made: |
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8:7 | And he
sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried
up from off the earth. |
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8:8 | Also
he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the
face of the ground; |
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8:9 | But
the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him
into the ark, for the waters were on the face
of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into
the ark. |
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8:10 | And he
stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the
ark; |
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8:11 | And
the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive
leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the
waters were abated from off the earth. |
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8:12 | And he
stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not
again unto him any more. |
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8:13 | And it
came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the
first day of the month, the waters were
dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and,
behold, the face of the ground was dry. |
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8:14 | And in
the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth
dried. |
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8:15 | And
God spake unto Noah, saying, |
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8:16 | Go
forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with
thee. |
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8:17 | Bring
forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of
fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing
that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and
multiply upon the earth. |
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8:18 | And
Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him: |
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8:19 | Every
beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth
out of the ark. |
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8:20 | And
Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every
clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt
offerings on the altar. |
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8:21 | And
the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his
heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for
man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any
more every thing living, as I have done. |
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8:22 | While
the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and
heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not
cease.
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Chapter 9
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9:1
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And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. | |
9:2 | And
the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth,
and upon every fowl of the air, upon
all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they
delivered. |
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9:3 | Every
moving thing that liveth shall be meat for
you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. |
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9:4 | But
flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. |
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9:5 | And
surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast
will I require it, and at the hand of man; at
the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. |
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9:6 | Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood
be shed: for in the image of God made he man. |
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9:7 | And
you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and
multiply therein. |
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9:8 | And
God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him,
saying, |
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9:9 | And I,
behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; |
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9:10 | And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. | |
9:11 | And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. | |
9:12 | And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: | |
9:13 | I do
set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between
me and the earth. |
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9:14 | And it
shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall
be seen in the cloud: |
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9:15 | And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. | |
9:16 | And
the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember
the everlasting covenant between God
and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. |
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9:17 | And
God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have
established between me and all flesh that
is upon the earth.
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Source: The King James Bible. |