The Great Flood (2 Peter 3:1–7)
1 UEB Yahweh said to Noah, "Come, you and all your household, into the ark, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation. BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
2 UEB Of every clean animal you will bring with you seven males and seven females. From the animals that are not clean, of them bring two, the male and his mate. BSB BSB: You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate;
3 UEB Also of the birds of the sky, bring seven males and seven females, to preserve their offspring upon the surface of all the earth. BSB BSB: and seven pairs of every kind of bird of the air, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of all the earth.
4 UEB For in seven days I will cause it to rain upon the earth for forty days and forty nights. I will destroy from off the surface of the ground every living thing that I have made." BSB BSB: For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”
5 UEB Noah did all that Yahweh commanded him. BSB BSB: And Noah did all that the LORD had commanded him.
6 UEB Noah was six hundred years old when the flood came upon the earth. BSB BSB: Now Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth.
7 UEB Noah, his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives went into the ark together because of the waters of the flood. BSB BSB: And Noah and his wife, with his sons and their wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
8 UEB Clean animals and unclean animals, birds, and everything that creeps upon the ground, BSB BSB: The clean and unclean animals, the birds, and everything that crawls along the ground
9 UEB two by two, male and female, came to Noah and went into the ark, just as God had commanded Noah. BSB BSB: came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 UEB It came about that after the seven days, the waters of the flood came upon the earth. BSB BSB: And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth.
11 UEB In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day, all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the windows of heaven were opened. BSB BSB: In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
12 UEB The rain began and fell on the earth for forty days and forty nights. BSB BSB: And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.
13 UEB On that very same day Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, entered into the ark. BSB BSB: On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons—
14 UEB They entered along with each wild animal according to its kind, and each sort of livestock according to its kind, and each creeping thing that creeps upon the earth according to its kind, and every sort of bird according to its kind, each kind of creature with wings. BSB BSB: they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.
15 UEB Two of all flesh in which was the breath of life came to Noah and entered into the ark. BSB BSB: They came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two of every creature with the breath of life.
16 UEB The animals that went in were male and female of all flesh; they entered in just as God had commanded him. Then Yahweh shut the door after them. BSB BSB: And they entered, the male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.
17 UEB Then the flood came upon the earth for forty days, and the water increased and lifted the ark and raised it above the earth. BSB BSB: For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.
18 UEB The waters completely covered over the earth, and the ark floated upon the surface of the water. BSB BSB: So the waters continued to surge and rise greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.
19 UEB The waters rose greatly on the earth so that all the high mountains that were under the entire sky were covered. BSB BSB: Finally, the waters completely prevailed upon the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.
20 UEB The waters rose fifteen cubits above the tops of the mountains. BSB BSB: The waters rose and covered the mountaintops to a depth of fifteen cubits.
21 UEB All living beings that moved upon the earth died—birds, livestock, wild animals, all the living creatures that lived in great numbers upon the earth, and all mankind. BSB BSB: And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.
22 UEB All living creatures who lived on the land, who breathed the breath of life through their noses, died. BSB BSB: Of all that was on dry land, everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.
23 UEB So every living thing that was on the surface of the earth was wiped out, from mankind to the larger animals, to creeping things, and to birds of the sky. They were all destroyed from the earth. Only Noah and those with him in the ark were left. BSB BSB: And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.
24 UEB The waters stayed upon the earth for a hundred and fifty days. BSB BSB: And the waters prevailed upon the earth for 150 days.