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for thee, and for them.

²² ** Heb,11. 7. Thus did Noah, according to all that God commanded him, ſo did he.

CHAP. VII.

1 Noah, with his familie, and the liuing creatures, enter into the Arke. 17 The beginning, increaſe, and continuance of the Flood.

Nd the ** 2. Pet. 2. 5. LORD ſaide vnto Noah, Come thou and all thy houſe into the Arke: for thee haue I ſeene righteous before me, in this generation.

² Of euery cleane beaſt thou ſhalt take to thee †† Hebr. ſeuen ſeuen. by ſeuens, the male and his female: and of beaſtes that are not cleane, by two, the male and his female.

³ Of fowles alſo of the aire, by ſeuens, the male & the female; to keepe ſeed aliue vpon the face of all the earth.

⁴ For yet ſeuen dayes, and I will cauſe it to raine vpon the earth, fortie dayes, and forty nights: and euery liuing ſubſtance that I haue made, will †† Hebr. blot out. I deſtroy, frō off the face of the earth.

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

⁶ And Noah was ſixe hundred yeeres old, when the flood of waters was vpon the earth.

⁷ ¶ And Noah went in, and his ſonnes, and his wife, and his ſonnes wiues with him, into the Arke, becauſe of the waters of the Flood.

⁸ Of cleane beaſts, & of beaſts that are not cleane, & of fowles, and of euery thing that creepeth vpon the earth,

⁹ There went in two and two vnto Noah into the Arke, the male & the female, as God had commanded Noah.

¹⁰ And it came to paſſe ǁǁOr, on the ſeuenth day. after ſeuen dayes, that the waters of the Flood were vpon the earth.

¹¹ ¶ In the ſixe hundredth yeere of Noahs life, in the ſecond moneth, the ſeuenteenth day of the moneth, the ſame day, were al the fountaines of the great deepe broken vp, and the ǁǁ Or, flood-gater. windowes of heauen were opened.

¹² And the raine was vpon the earth, fortie dayes, and fortie nights.

¹³ In the ſelfe ſame day entred Noah, and Sem, and Ham, and Iapheth, the ſonnes of Noah, and Noahs wife, and the three wiues of his ſonnes with them, into the Arke,

¹⁴ They, and euery beaſt after his kinde, & all the cattell after their kinde: and euery creeping thing that creepeth vpon the earth after his kinde, and euery foule after his kinde, euery birde of euery †† Heb. wing. ſort.

¹⁵ And they went in vnto Noah into the Arke, 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 commaunded him: and the LORD ſhut him in.

¹⁷ And the Flood was fortie dayes vpon the earth, and the waters increaſed, and bare vp the Arke, and it was lift vp aboue the earth.

¹⁸ And the waters preuailed, and were encreaſed greatly vpon the earth: and the Arke went vpon the face of the waters.

¹⁹ And the waters preuailed exceedingly vpon the earth, and all the high hilſ, that were vnder the whole heauen, were couered.

²⁰ Fifteene cubits vpward, did the waters preuaile; and the mountaines were couered.

²¹ ** Wiſd. 10. 4. And all fleſh died, that mooued vpon the earth, both of fowle, & of cattell, and of beaſt, and of euery creeping thing that creepeth vpon the earth, and euery man.

²² All in whoſe noſethrils was the †† Heb. the breath of the ſpirit of life. breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.

²³ And euery liuing ſubſtance was deſtroyed, which was vpon the face of the ground, both man and cattell, and the creeping things, and the foule of the heauen; and they were deſtroyed from the earth: and ** Wiſd. 10. 4. 2. pet. 2. 5 Noah onely remained aliue, and they that were with him in the Arke.

²⁴ And the waters preuailed vpon the earth, an hundred and fifty dayes.

CHAP. VIII.

1 The waters aſſwage. 4 The Arke reſteth on Ararat. 7 The rauen and the doue. 15 Noah, being commanded, 18 goeth forth of the Arke. 20 He buildeth an Altar, and offereth ſacrifice, 21 which God accepteth, and promiſeth to curſe the earth no more.

Nd God remembred Noah, and euery liuing thing, and all the cattell that was with him in the Arke: and God made a winde