Genesis 7 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Genesis 8

¹God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the livestock that were with him in the ship; and God made a wind to pass over the earth. The waters subsided.

KJVAnd God^H430 remembered^H2142^(H8799) Noah^H5146, and every living thing^H2416, and all the cattle^H929 that was with him in the ark^H8392: and God^H430 made^H5674 a wind^H7307 to pass^H5674^(H8686) over^H5921 the earth^H776, and the waters^H4325 asswaged^H7918^(H8799);

² The deep’s fountains and the sky’s windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

KJVThe fountains^H4599 also of the deep^H8415 and the windows^H699 of heaven^H8064 were stopped^H5534^(H8735), and the rain^H1653 from heaven^H8064 was restrained^H3607^(H8735);

³ The waters continually receded from the earth. After the end of one hundred fifty days the waters receded.

KJVAnd the waters^H4325 returned^H7725^(H8799) from off the earth^H776 continually^H1980^(H8800)^H7725^(H8800): and after the end^H7097 of the hundred^H3967 and fifty^H2572 days^H3117 the waters^H4325 were abated^H2637^(H8799).

⁴ The ship rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on Ararat’s mountains.

KJVAnd the ark^H8392 rested^H5117^(H8799) in the seventh^H7637 month^H2320, on the seventeenth^H6240^H7651 day^H3117 of the month^H2320, upon the mountains^H2022 of Ararat^H780.

⁵ The waters receded continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were visible.

KJVAnd the waters^H4325 decreased^H2637^(H8800) continually^H1980^(H8800) until^H5704 the tenth^H6224 month^H2320: in the tenth^H6224 month, on the first^H259 day of the month^H2320, were the tops^H7218 of the mountains^H2022 seen^H7200^(H8738).

⁶ At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the ship which he had made,

KJVAnd it came to pass at the end^H7093 of forty^H705 days^H3117, that Noah^H5146 opened^H6605^(H8799) the window^H2474 of the ark^H8392 which he had made^H6213^(H8804):

⁷ and he sent out a raven. It went back and forth, until the waters were dried up from the earth.

KJVAnd he sent forth^H7971^(H8762) a raven^H6158, which went forth^H3318^(H8799) to^H3318^(H8800) and fro^H7725^(H8800), until the waters^H4325 were dried up^H3001^(H8800) from off the earth^H776.

⁸ He himself sent out a dove to see if the waters were abated from the surface of the ground,

KJVAlso he sent forth^H7971^(H8762) a dove^H3123 from him, to see^H7200^(H8800) if the waters^H4325 were abated^H7043^(H8804) from off the face^H6440 of the ground^H127;

⁹ but the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned into the ship to him, for the waters were on the surface of the whole earth. He put out his hand, and took her, and brought her to him into the ship.

KJVBut the dove^H3123 found^H4672^(H8804) no rest^H4494 for the sole^H3709 of her foot^H7272, and she returned^H7725^(H8799) unto him into the ark^H8392, for the waters^H4325 were on the face^H6440 of the whole earth^H776: then he put forth^H7971^(H8799) his hand^H3027, and took her^H3947^(H8799), and pulled her in^H935^(H8686) unto him into the ark^H8392.

¹⁰ He waited yet another seven days; and again he sent the dove out of the ship.

KJVAnd he stayed^H2342^(H8799) yet other^H312 seven^H7651 days^H3117; and again^H3254^(H8686) he sent forth^H7971^(H8763) the dove^H3123 out of the ark^H8392;

¹¹ The dove came back to him at evening and, behold, in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters were abated from the earth.

KJVAnd the dove^H3123 came in^H935^(H8799) to him in the evening^H6256^H6153; and, lo, in her mouth^H6310 was an olive^H2132 leaf^H5929 pluckt off^H2965: so Noah^H5146 knew^H3045^(H8799) that the waters^H4325 were abated^H7043^(H8804) from off the earth^H776.

¹² He waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; and she didn’t return to him any more.

KJVAnd he stayed^H3176^(H8735) yet other^H312 seven^H7651 days^H3117; and sent forth^H7971^(H8762) the dove^H3123; which returned^H7725^(H8800) not again^H3254^(H8804) unto him any more^H5750.

¹³ In the six hundred first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from the earth. Noah removed the covering of the ship, and looked. He saw that the surface of the ground was dry.

KJVAnd it came to pass in the six^H8337 hundredth^H3967 and first year^H8141, in the first^H7223 month, the first^H259 day of the month^H2320, the waters^H4325 were dried up^H2717^(H8804) from off the earth^H776: and Noah^H5146 removed^H5493^(H8686) the covering^H4372 of the ark^H8392, and looked^H7200^(H8799), and, behold, the face^H6440 of the ground^H127 was dry^H2717^(H8804).

¹⁴ In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.

KJVAnd in the second^H8145 month^H2320, on the seven^H7651 and twentieth^H6242 day^H3117 of the month^H2320, was the earth^H776 dried^H3001^(H8804).

¹⁵ God spoke to Noah, saying,

KJVAnd God^H430 spake^H1696^(H8762) unto Noah^H5146, saying^H559^(H8800),

¹⁶ “Go out of the ship, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons’ wives with you.

KJVGo forth^H3318^(H8798) of the ark^H8392, thou, and thy wife^H802, and thy sons^H1121, and thy sons^H1121' wives^H802 with thee.

¹⁷ Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, including birds, livestock, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth.”

KJVBring forth^H3318^(H8685) with thee every living thing^H2416 that is with thee, of all flesh^H1320, both of fowl^H5775, and of cattle^H929, and of every creeping thing^H7431 that creepeth^H7430^(H8802) upon the earth^H776; that they may breed abundantly^H8317^(H8804) in the earth^H776, and be fruitful^H6509^(H8804), and multiply^H7235^(H8804) upon the earth^H776.

¹⁸ Noah went out, with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives with him.

KJVAnd Noah^H5146 went forth^H3318^(H8799), and his sons^H1121, and his wife^H802, and his sons^H1121' wives^H802 with him:

¹⁹ Every animal, every creeping thing, and every bird, whatever moves on the earth, after their families, went out of the ship.

KJVEvery beast^H2416, every creeping thing^H7431, and every fowl^H5775, and whatsoever^H3605 creepeth^H7430^(H8802) upon the earth^H776, after their kinds^H4940, went forth^H3318^(H8804) out of the ark^H8392.

²⁰ Noah built an altar to Yahweh, and took of every clean animal, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

KJVAnd Noah^H5146 builded^H1129^(H8799) an altar^H4196 unto the LORD^H3068; and took^H3947^(H8799) of every clean^H2889 beast^H929, and of every clean^H2889 fowl^H5775, and offered^H5927^(H8686) burnt offerings^H5930 on the altar^H4196.

²¹ Yahweh smelled the pleasant aroma. Yahweh said in his heart, “I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake because the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth. I will never again strike every living thing, as I have done.

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 smelled^H7306^(H8686) a sweet^H5207 savour^H7381; and the LORD^H3068 said^H559^(H8799) in^H413 his heart^H3820, I will not again^H3254^(H8686) curse^H7043^(H8763) the ground^H127 any more for man's^H120 sake^H5668; for the imagination^H3336 of man's^H120 heart^H3820 is evil^H7451 from his youth^H5271; neither will I again^H3254^(H8686) smite^H5221^(H8687) any more every thing living^H2416, as I have done^H6213^(H8804).

²² While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night will not cease.”

KJVWhile the earth^H776 remaineth^H3117, seedtime^H2233 and harvest^H7105, and cold^H7120 and heat^H2527, and summer^H7019 and winter^H2779, and day^H3117 and night^H3915 shall not cease^H7673^(H8799).

WEB·Genesis 7

¹Yahweh said to Noah, “Come with all of your household into the ship, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 said^H559^(H8799) unto Noah^H5146, Come^H935^(H8798) thou and all thy house^H1004 into the ark^H8392; for thee have I seen^H7200^(H8804) righteous^H6662 before me^H6440 in this^H2088 generation^H1755.

² You shall take seven pairs of every clean animal with you, the male and his female. Of the animals that are not clean, take two, the male and his female.

KJVOf every clean^H2889 beast^H929 thou shalt take^H3947^(H8799) to thee by sevens^H7651^H7651, the male^H376 and his female^H802: and of beasts^H929 that are not clean^H2889^H1931 by two^H8147, the male^H376 and his female^H802.

³ Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive on the surface of all the earth.

KJVOf fowls^H5775 also of the air^H8064 by sevens^H7651^H7651, the male^H2145 and the female^H5347; to keep^H2421 seed^H2233 alive^H2421^(H8763) upon the face^H6440 of all the earth^H776.

⁴ In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. I will destroy every living thing that I have made from the surface of the ground.”

KJVFor yet^H5750 seven^H7651 days^H3117, and I will cause it to rain^H4305^(H8688) upon the earth^H776 forty^H705 days^H3117 and forty^H705 nights^H3915; and every^H3605 living substance^H3351 that I have made^H6213^(H8804) will I destroy^H4229^(H8804) from off^H5921 the face^H6440 of the earth^H127.

⁵ Noah did everything that Yahweh commanded him.

KJVAnd Noah^H5146 did^H6213^(H8799) according unto all that the LORD^H3068 commanded^H6680^(H8765) him.

⁶ Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came on the earth.

KJVAnd Noah^H5146 was six^H8337 hundred^H3967 years^H8141 old^H1121 when the flood^H3999 of waters^H4325 was upon the earth^H776.

⁷ Noah went into the ship with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, because of the floodwaters.

KJVAnd Noah^H5146 went in^H935^(H8799), and his sons^H1121, and his wife^H802, and his sons^H1121' wives^H802 with him, into the ark^H8392, because of^H6440 the waters^H4325 of the flood^H3999.

⁸ Clean animals, unclean animals, birds, and everything that creeps on the ground

KJVOf clean^H2889 beasts^H929, and of beasts^H929 that are not clean^H2889, and of fowls^H5775, and of every thing that creepeth^H7430^(H8802) upon the earth^H127,

⁹ went by pairs to Noah into the ship, male and female, as God commanded Noah.

KJVThere went in^H935^(H8804) two^H8147 and two^H8147 unto Noah^H5146 into the ark^H8392, the male^H2145 and the female^H5347, as^H834 God^H430 had commanded^H6680^(H8765) Noah^H5146.

¹⁰ After the seven days, the floodwaters came on the earth.

KJVAnd it came to pass after seven^H7651 days^H3117, that the waters^H4325 of the flood^H3999 were upon the earth^H776.

¹¹ In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the sky’s windows opened.

KJVIn^H8141 the six^H8337 hundredth^H3967 year^H8141 of Noah's^H5146 life^H2416, in the second^H8145 month^H2320, the seventeenth^H7651^H6240 day^H3117 of the month^H2320, the same^H2088 day^H3117 were all the fountains^H4599 of the great^H7227 deep^H8415 broken up^H1234^(H8738), and the windows^H699 of heaven^H8064 were opened^H6605^(H8738).

¹² It rained on the earth forty days and forty nights.

KJVAnd the rain^H1653 was upon the earth^H776 forty^H705 days^H3117 and forty^H705 nights^H3915.

¹³ In the same day Noah, and Shem, Ham, and Japheth—the sons of Noah—and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered into the ship—

KJVIn the selfsame^H6106 day^H3117 entered^H935^(H8804) Noah^H5146, and Shem^H8035, and Ham^H2526, and Japheth^H3315, the sons^H1121 of Noah^H5146, and Noah's^H5146 wife^H802, and the three^H7969 wives^H802 of his sons^H1121 with them, into the ark^H8392;

¹⁴ they, and every animal after its kind, all the livestock after their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort.

KJVThey^H1992, and every beast^H2416 after his kind^H4327, and all the cattle^H929 after their kind^H4327, and every creeping thing^H7431 that creepeth^H7430^(H8802) upon the earth^H776 after his kind^H4327, and every fowl^H5775 after his kind^H4327, every bird^H6833 of every sort^H3671.

¹⁵ Pairs from all flesh with the breath of life in them went into the ship to Noah.

KJVAnd they went in^H935^(H8799) unto Noah^H5146 into the ark^H8392, two^H8147 and two^H8147 of all flesh^H1320, wherein^H834 is the breath^H7307 of life^H2416.

¹⁶ Those who went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him; then Yahweh shut him in.

KJVAnd they that went in^H935^(H8802), went in^H935^(H8804) male^H2145 and female^H5347 of all flesh^H1320, as God^H430 had commanded^H6680^(H8765) him: and the LORD^H3068 shut him in^H5462^(H8799).

¹⁷ The flood was forty days on the earth. The waters increased, and lifted up the ship, and it was lifted up above the earth.

KJVAnd the flood^H3999 was forty^H705 days^H3117 upon the earth^H776; and the waters^H4325 increased^H7235^(H8799), and bare up^H5375^(H8799) the ark^H8392, and it was lift up^H7311^(H8799) above the earth^H776.

¹⁸ The waters rose, and increased greatly on the earth; and the ship floated on the surface of the waters.

KJVAnd the waters^H4325 prevailed^H1396^(H8799), and were increased^H7235^(H8799) greatly^H3966 upon the earth^H776; and the ark^H8392 went^H3212^(H8799) upon the face^H6440 of the waters^H4325.

¹⁹ The waters rose very high on the earth. All the high mountains that were under the whole sky were covered.

KJVAnd the waters^H4325 prevailed^H1396^(H8804) exceedingly^H3966^H3966 upon the earth^H776; and all the high^H1364 hills^H2022, that were under^H8478 the whole heaven^H8064, were covered^H3680^(H8792).

²⁰ The waters rose fifteen cubits higher, and the mountains were covered.

KJVFifteen^H6240^H2568 cubits^H520 upward^H4605 did the waters^H4325 prevail^H1396^(H8804); and the mountains^H2022 were covered^H3680^(H8792).

²¹ All flesh died that moved on the earth, including birds, livestock, animals, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man.

KJVAnd all flesh^H1320 died^H1478^(H8799) that moved^H7430^(H8802) upon the earth^H776, both of fowl^H5775, and of cattle^H929, and of beast^H2416, and of every creeping thing^H8318 that creepeth^H8317^(H8802) upon the earth^H776, and every man^H120:

²² All on the dry land, in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, died.

KJVAll in whose nostrils^H639 was the breath^H5397^H7307 of life^H2416, of all that was in the dry^H2724 land, died^H4191^(H8804).

²³ Every living thing was destroyed that was on the surface of the ground, including man, livestock, creeping things, and birds of the sky. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ship.

KJVAnd every living substance^H3351 was destroyed^H4229^(H8735) which was upon the face^H6440 of the ground^H127, both man^H120, and cattle^H929, and the creeping things^H7431, and the fowl^H5775 of the heaven^H8064; and they were destroyed^H4229^(H8735) from the earth^H776: and Noah^H5146 only^H389 remained^H7604^(H8735) alive, and they that^H834 were with him in the ark^H8392.

²⁴ The waters flooded the earth one hundred fifty days.

KJVAnd the waters^H4325 prevailed^H1396^(H8799) upon the earth^H776 an hundred^H3967 and fifty^H2572 days^H3117.

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