Noah

28And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:

Lamech was 182 years old when he had a son.

29And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.

He named the boy Noah. He said, "This one will comfort us in our hard work. The ground is hard to farm, because the LORD cursed it."

30And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:

After Noah was born, Lamech lived 595 more years. He had more sons and daughters.

31And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.

Lamech lived 777 years in all. Then he died.

32And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Noah was 500 years old. He had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

5And 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.

The LORD saw that people on earth did much evil. Everything they thought about was bad, all the time.

6And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

The LORD was sorry that he had made people on the earth. His heart was full of pain.

7And 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.

So the LORD said, "I will wipe people off the earth. I will wipe away the animals, the crawling things, and the birds too. I am sorry I made them."

8But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

But Noah pleased the LORD. The LORD was kind to him.

9These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

This is the story of Noah. Noah did what was right. No one among the people of his time could blame him. Noah stayed close to God.

10And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Noah had three sons. Their names were Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

God saw that the earth had gone bad. It was full of people hurting each other.

12And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

God looked at the earth and saw that it had gone bad. Every living thing had turned to the wrong way of living.

13And 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.

God said to Noah, "I have decided to end all living things. The earth is full of people hurting each other. So I will destroy them, and the earth with them."

14Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

"Build yourself a big boat out of gopher wood. Make rooms inside it. Cover it with thick black tar, inside and out."

15And 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.

"Here is how to build it. The boat must be 300 cubits long. It must be 50 cubits wide and 30 cubits high."

16A 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.

"Make a roof for the boat. Finish the walls one cubit from the top. Put a door in the side of the boat. Build three floors inside: a bottom, a middle, and a top."

17And, 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.

"Listen. I myself will bring a flood of water over the earth. It will destroy every living thing that breathes. Everything on the earth will die."

18But 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.

"But I will make a covenant with you. That means a firm promise. You will go into the boat. Your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives will go with you."

19And 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.

"Bring two of every kind of living animal into the boat. Bring a male and a female of each kind. Keep them alive with you."

20Of 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.

"Two of every kind of bird will come to you. So will two of every farm animal and crawling animal. Keep them all alive."

21And 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.

"Take every kind of food that people eat. Gather it and store it. It will feed you and the animals."

22Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

Noah did all of this. He did just what God told him to do.

1And 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.

Then the LORD said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you and all your family. The ark is the huge boat you built. I have seen that you do what is right, out of everyone alive now."

2Of 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.

"Take seven pairs of every clean animal, a male and a female in each pair. Take two of every animal that is not clean, a male and a female."

3Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

"Take seven pairs of every kind of bird too, male and female. That way each kind will stay alive on the earth."

4For 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.

"In seven days I will send rain on the earth. It will rain forty days and forty nights. I will wipe away every living thing I have made."

5And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.

Noah did everything the LORD told him to do.

6And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.

Noah was 600 years old when the flood waters came over the earth.

7And 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.

Noah went into the ark. His wife, his sons, and his sons' wives went in too. They went in to be safe from the flood.

8Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,

The clean animals came, and so did the animals that were not clean. The birds came. Every small creature that crawls on the ground came too.

9There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.

They came to Noah and went into the ark two by two, a male and a female. It happened just as God had told Noah.

10And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.

Seven days later, the flood waters came over the earth.

11In 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.

It was the six hundredth year of Noah's life. It was the seventeenth day of the second month. On that very day, deep waters under the ground burst open. The sky opened, and rain poured down.

12And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

Rain fell on the earth for forty days and forty nights.

13In 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;

On that same day Noah went into the ark. His sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth went with him. So did his wife and the wives of his three sons.

14They, 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.

With them came every kind of wild animal and farm animal. Every kind of crawling creature came. Every kind of bird and winged creature came too.

15And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.

They came to Noah and went into the ark two by two. Every kind of creature that breathes was there.

16And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.

A male and a female of every kind went in, just as God had said. Then the LORD shut the door behind them.

17And 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.

The flood kept coming for forty days. The water rose and lifted the ark high above the ground.

18And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.

The water rose higher and higher over the earth. The ark floated on top of it.

19And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.

The water rose so high that it covered all the tall mountains everywhere.

20Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

The water rose fifteen cubits higher than the mountains. Even the mountaintops were under water.

21And 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:

Every living thing that moved on the earth died. Birds, farm animals, wild animals, crawling creatures, and all people died.

22All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.

Everything on dry land that breathed air died.

23And 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.

Every living thing on the ground was wiped away. People, farm animals, crawling creatures, and birds were all gone. Only Noah was left alive, along with those who were with him in the ark.

24And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.

The water stayed high over the earth for 150 days.

1And 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;

God remembered Noah. He remembered every animal in the big boat too. God sent a wind over the earth. The water began to go down.

2The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

The springs deep under the ground were shut. The openings in the sky were shut too. The rain stopped falling.

3And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

The water kept going down, little by little. After 150 days, much of it was gone.

4And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the boat stopped moving. It came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

5And 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.

The water kept going down until the tenth month. On the first day of that month, the mountain tops could be seen.

6And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:

Forty days later, Noah opened the window he had made in the boat.

7And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

He sent out a raven, a big black bird. It flew back and forth until the ground was dry.

8Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

Then Noah sent out a dove. He wanted to see if the water was gone from the ground.

9But 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.

The dove could not find any dry place to land. So she came back to Noah in the boat. Water still covered the whole earth. Noah reached out his hand and brought her back inside.

10And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;

Noah waited seven more days. Then he sent the dove out again.

11And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

That evening the dove came back to him. She had a fresh olive leaf in her beak. Now Noah knew the water was going away from the earth.

12And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.

Noah waited seven more days and sent the dove out again. This time she did not come back.

13And 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.

Noah was now 601 years old. On the first day of the first month, the water was gone. Noah took the cover off the boat and looked out. The ground was dry.

14And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.

By the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth was all dry.

15And God spake unto Noah, saying,

Then God spoke to Noah. God said,

16Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.

"Come out of the boat. Bring your wife, your sons, and your sons' wives.

17Bring 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.

Bring out every living thing that is with you. Bring the birds, the animals, and everything that crawls. Let them have many babies and fill the earth again."

18And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him:

So Noah came out of the boat. His wife, his sons, and his sons' wives came out with him.

19Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.

Every animal, every crawling thing, and every bird came out too. They came out group by group, each with its own kind.

20And 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.

Then Noah built an altar for the LORD. An altar is a stone table used for gifts to God. He took some of the clean animals and clean birds. He burned them on the altar as a gift to God.

21And 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.

The LORD smelled the pleasing smell. He said in his heart, "I will never again curse the ground because of people. Even so, people think bad thoughts from the time they are young. I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done.

22While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

As long as the earth lasts, these things will not stop. There will be planting time and harvest time. There will be cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night."

1And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

God blessed Noah and his sons. He said, "Have many children. Fill the earth again."

2And 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.

Every animal will be afraid of you. Birds, land animals, and fish are now in your care.

3Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.

Every living thing that moves can be food for you. I gave you green plants before. Now I give you all of this too.

4But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

But do not eat meat that still has its blood in it. The blood is its life.

5And 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.

If your lifeblood is spilled, I will ask for it back. I will ask any animal that kills a person. I will ask any person who kills another person.

6Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

If someone kills a person, then people must take that killer's life. God made people to look like Himself.

7And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

As for you, have many children. Spread out across the earth and grow in number.

8And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,

Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons who were with him. He said:

9And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

"Listen. I am making a promise to you. It is for your children and their children too.

10And 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.

"I make it with every living thing that was with you. That means the birds, the farm animals, and the wild animals. Every creature that came out of the boat.

11And 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.

"Here is my promise. Never again will a flood wipe out all living things. Never again will a flood destroy the earth."

12And 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:

God said, "Here is the sign of my promise. It is between me and you and every living creature with you. It will last for all time to come.

13I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

"I have put my rainbow in the clouds. It is the sign of my promise between me and the earth.

14And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:

"When I bring clouds over the earth, the rainbow will show in the clouds.

15And 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.

"Then I will remember my promise to you and to every living thing. Water will never again flood the earth and destroy all life.

16And 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.

"The rainbow will be in the clouds. I will see it and remember. This promise between God and every living thing on earth lasts forever."

17And 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.

God said to Noah, "That is the sign of my promise. It is between me and every living thing on earth."

18And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.

Noah's sons who came out of the boat were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan.

19These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.

These were Noah's three sons. All the people on earth came from them.

20And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:

Noah was a farmer. He planted a field of grape vines.

21And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

He drank some of the wine and got drunk. He lay in his tent with no clothes on.

22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father with no clothes on. He went out and told his two brothers.

23And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.

Shem and Japheth took a coat and laid it over their shoulders. They walked backward into the tent and covered their father. They looked away, so they did not see him.

24And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.

Noah woke up when the wine wore off. He learned what his youngest son had done to him.

25And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

He said, "A curse is on Canaan. He will be the lowest servant to his brothers."

26And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

He also said, "Praise the LORD, the God of Shem. May Canaan be Shem's servant.

27God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

"May God give Japheth more land. May he live in the tents of Shem. And may Canaan be his servant."

28And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.

Noah lived 350 years after the flood.

29And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.

Noah lived 950 years in all. Then he died.