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부패한 인간의 죄악

사람이 땅에 번성하기 시작할 때 그들에게 딸들이 많이 태어났다.

[a]하나님의 아들들은 사람의 딸들이 아름다운 것을 보고 자기들이 좋아하는 여자를 데려다가 아내로 삼았다.

그러자 여호와께서 이렇게 말씀하셨다. “사람은 죽어야 할 육체이므로 내 영이 영영 사람에게 머물러 있지 않을 것이다. 그러나 [b]앞으로 내가 그들에게 120년 동안의 여유를 주겠다.”

그 당시에는 물론 그 후에도 땅에 ‘네피림’ 이라는 거인들이 있었다. 그들은 하나님의 아들들과 사람의 딸들 사이에서 난 자녀들로 고대에 명성을 떨친 영웅적인 존재들이었다.

여호와께서 사람의 죄악이 땅에 가득한 것과 그 마음의 생각이 항상 악한 것을 보시고

땅에 사람을 만든 것이 후회가 되어 탄식하시며

이렇게 말씀하셨다. “내가 창조한 사람을 지상에서 쓸어 버리겠다. 사람으로부터 짐승과 땅에 기어다니는 생물과 공중의 새까지 모조리 쓸어 버릴 것이다. 내가 이것들을 만든 것이 정말 후회가 되는구나.”

그러나 노아만은 여호와께 은총을 입은 사람이었다.

노아

이것은 노아에 대한 이야기이다. 그 당시의 사람들 가운데 노아만은 의롭고 흠이 없는 사람이었으며 하나님의 뜻대로 사는 자였다.

10 그리고 그에게는 셈과 함과 야벳이라는 세 아들도 있었다.

11-12 이 당시의 세상 사람들은 하나님이 보 시기에 아주 악하고 부패하여 세상은 온통 죄로 가득 차 있었다.

13 그래서 하나님이 노아에게 말씀하셨다. “내가 온 인류를 없애 버리기로 작정하였다. 그들의 죄가 땅에 가득하므로 내가 그들을 땅과 함께 멸망시킬 것이다.

14 너는 잣나무로 배를 만들어 그 안에 간막이를 하고 안팎으로 역청을 발라라.

15 배의 크기는 [c]길이 135미터, 너비 22.5미터, 높이 13.5미터로 하고

16 지붕 위에서 45센티미터 아래로 사방에 창을 내어라. 그리고 문은 옆으로 내고 3층으로 만들어라.

17 내가 홍수로 땅을 뒤덮어 살아 있는 생명체를 모조리 죽일 것이다.

18 그러나 내가 너를 안전하게 지킬 것을 약속한다. 너는 네 아들들과 아내와 며느리들을 데리고 그 배로 들어가거라.

19 그리고 모든 생물을 암수 한 쌍씩 배 안에 넣어 너와 함께 살아 남도록 하라.

20 새와 짐승과 땅에 기어다니는 모든 것이 종류대로 각각 암수 한 쌍씩 너에게 나아올 것이다. 너는 그 모든 생물을 보존하라.

21 너는 또 너와 그 모든 생물들이 먹을 양식을 배 안에 충분히 저장하라.”

22 그래서 노아는 하나님이 자기에게 명령하신 대로 다 하였다.

대홍수

여호와께서 노아에게 말씀하셨다. “너는 모든 가족과 함께 배로 들어가거라. 이 세대에서 네가 의로운 자임을 내가 보았다.

너는 각종 정결한 짐승 암수 일곱 쌍씩, 그리고 각종 부정한 짐승은 암수 한 쌍씩 모아들여라.

또 공중의 새도 그 종류대로 암수 일곱 쌍씩 보존하여 모든 종류의 짐승과 새가 지상에 그 씨를 퍼뜨리게 하라.

지금부터 7일 후에 내가 40일 동안 밤낮 비를 내려 내가 창조한 모든 생물을 지상에서 쓸어 버릴 것이다.”

그래서 노아는 여호와께서 명령하신 그대로 하였다.

땅에 홍수가 밀어닥치기 시작할 때 노아는 600세였다.

노아는 아들들과 아내와 며느리들과 함께 홍수를 피하여 배에 들어갔고

정결하고 부정한 갖가지 짐승과 새도

하나님이 노아에게 명령하신 대로 암수 한 쌍씩 노아와 함께 배로 들어갔다.

10-11 그로부터 7일 후 노아가 600세 되던 해 2월 17일에 홍수가 나기 시작하였다. 그 날에 땅의 모든 깊은 샘들이 터지며 하늘의 창들이 열려

12 40일 동안 밤낮 비가 쏟아져내렸다.

13 그러나 바로 그 날 노아와 그의 아들 셈, 함, 야벳과 노아의 아내와 세 며느리는 다 배로 들어갔고

14 그들과 함께 모든 짐승과 땅에 기어다니는 생물과 공중의 새들도 그 종류대로 배 안에 들어갔다.

15-16 이와 같이 여호와께서 명령하신 대로 살아 있는 모든 생물이 암수 한 쌍씩 노아에게 나아와 배로 들어가자 여호와께서 배의 문을 닫으셨다.

17 땅에 홍수가 40일 동안 계속되므로 물이 많아져 배가 땅에서 떠올랐고

18 물이 점점 불어나자 배가 물 위에 떠다녔다.

19 물이 땅에 크게 불어나므로 온 세상의 높은 산들이 다 물에 뒤덮이고 말았다.

20 그리고 물이 거기서 더 불어나 가장 높은 산봉우리에서 약 [d]미터 위까지 덮어 버리자

21 새와 가축과 들짐승과 땅에 기어다니는 모든 것과 사람,

22 곧 지상에서 살아 움직이는 모든 생물이 다 죽고 말았다.

23 이처럼 여호와께서 사람과 짐승과 공중의 새와 땅에 기어다니는 모든 생물을 쓸어 버리셨으므로 살아 남은 자들은 배 안에 있던 노아와 그의 가족뿐이었다.

24 이렇게 해서 물은 150일 동안 땅을 뒤덮고 있었다.

홍수가 빠지다

하나님이 노아와 그와 함께 배 안에 있는 모든 짐승과 생물을 기억하셔서 땅 에 바람이 불게 하시자 물이 줄어들기 시작하였으며

지하의 깊은 샘과 하늘의 창이 막히고 비가 그쳤다.

3-4 그러자 물이 땅에서 점점 줄어들어 홍 수가 나기 시작한 지 150일 후인 7월 17일에 배가 아라랏산에 머물렀다.

그리고 물은 계속 줄어들어 석 달 후인 10월 일에는 다른 산들의 봉우리가 드러났다.

그로부터 40일이 지난 후에 노아가 배의 창을 열고

까마귀를 내보내니 까마귀는 땅이 마를 때까지 계속 이리저리 날아다녔다.

그리고 노아는 물이 얼마나 빠졌는지 알아보려고 비둘기를 내보냈으나

물이 온 땅을 덮고 있었으므로 비둘기가 앉을 곳을 찾지 못하고 배로 되돌아왔다. 그래서 노아는 손을 내밀어 그 비둘기를 배 안으로 잡아들였다.

10 노아가 7일을 기다렸다가 다시 비둘기를 배에서 내보내자

11 저녁때에 비둘기가 연한 감람나무 잎사귀 하나를 입에 물고 돌아왔다. 그래서 노아는 그제서야 땅에 물이 줄어든 것을 알게 되었다.

12 노아가 다시 7일을 더 기다렸다가 비둘기를 내어 놓자 이번에는 비둘기가 영영 돌아오지 않았다.

13 노아가 601세 되던 해 월 일에 배의 뚜껑을 열고 보니 땅에서 물이 빠지고

14 2월 27일에는 땅이 완전히 말랐다.

15 그때 하나님이 노아에게 말씀하셨다.

16 “너는 네 가족을 데리고 배에서 나오너라.

17 배 안에 있는 모든 새와 짐승과 땅에 기는 모든 생물을 이끌어내어 알을 까고 새끼를 낳아 땅에서 번성하게 하라.”

18 그래서 노아는 그의 가족과 함께 배에서 나왔으며

19 땅의 모든 생물들도 그 종류대로 배에서 나왔다.

20 노아는 여호와께 단을 쌓고 정결한 모든 짐승과 새 중에서 제물을 골라 불로 태워서 번제를 드렸다.

21 그러자 여호와께서는 [e]그 제물을 기쁘게 받으시고 혼자 이렇게 말씀하셨다. “비록 사람의 생각이 어릴 때부터 악하긴 하지만 내가 다시는 사람 때문에 땅을 저주하거나 이번처럼 생물을 전멸시키지는 않을 것이다.

22 땅이 남아 있는 한 심고 추수하는 때가 있을 것이며 추위와 더위, 여름과 겨울, 낮과 밤이 그치지 않을 것이다.”

하나님이 노아와 맺은 계약

하나님이 노아와 그의 아들들을 축복하여 이렇게 말씀하셨다. “너희는 자녀 를 많이 낳고 번성하여 땅을 가득 채워라.

땅의 모든 짐승과 공중의 새와 땅에 기는 생물과 바다의 고기가 모두 너희를 두려워하고 무서워할 것이다. 이 모든 것은 내가 다 너희에게 준 것이다.

내가 곡식과 채소를 너희 식물로 준 것처럼 살아서 움직이는 모든 동물도 너희 식물로 주겠다.

그러나 너희는 고기를 생피가 들어 있는 그대로 먹어서는 안 된다.

5-6 살인은 금물이다. 사람은 나의 모습대로 창조되었으므로 사람을 죽인 짐승이나 인간은 반드시 죽여야 한다.

너희는 자녀를 많이 낳고 온 땅에 번성하여라.”

하나님이 노아와 그의 아들들에게 다시 말씀하셨다.

“이제 내가 너희와 너희 후손과

10 그리고 너희와 함께 배에서 나온 모든 새와 짐승과 땅의 모든 생물들에게 약속한다.

11 내가 두 번 다시 홍수로 모든 생물을 멸종시키지 않겠다. 그러므로 온 땅을 휩쓰는 홍수가 다시는 없을 것이다.

12 내가 너희와 그리고 너희와 함께 있는 모든 생물들과 대대로 맺을 계약의 표는 이것이다.

13 내가 무지개를 구름 속에 두었으니 이것이 나와 세상 사이에 계약의 표가 될 것이다.

14 내가 땅에 구름을 보내 무지개가 구름 속에 나타나면

15 내가 너희와 모든 생물 사이에 맺은 계약을 기억하겠다. 홍수 때문에 생물이 전멸되는 일이 다시는 없을 것이다.

16 무지개가 구름 가운데 나타날 때마다 내가 그것을 보고 땅의 모든 생물과 맺은 나의 영원한 계약을 기억할 것이다.

17 이것이 바로 모든 생물과 맺은 계약의 표이다.”

노아의 세 아들

18 배에서 나온 노아의 아들들은 셈과 함과 야벳이었는데 함은 가나안의 아버지였다.

19 그리고 노아의 이 세 아들을 통해서 온 세상에 사람들이 퍼지게 되었다.

20 노아는 농사를 시작하여 포도나무를 심었다.

21 하루는 그가 포도주를 마시고 취하여 자기 천막 안에서 벌거벗은 채 누워 있었다.

22 가나안의 아버지인 함이 자기 아버지의 나체를 보고 밖으로 나가서 그 사실을 두 형제에게 말하였다.

23 그러자 셈과 야벳이 옷을 가져다가 어깨에 메고 뒷걸음질쳐서 들어가 아버지의 나체를 덮어 주고 계속 얼굴을 돌린 채 아버지의 나체를 보지 않았다.

24 노아는 술이 깬 후에 함이 자기에게 한 일을 알고

25 이렇게 말하였다. “가나안은 저주를 받아 자기 형제들에게 가장 천한 종이 되리라.

26 셈의 하나님 여호와를 찬양하라. 가나안은 셈의 종이 되기를 바라며

27 하나님이 [f]야벳을 번창하게 하셔서 셈의 축복을 함께 누리게 하시고 가나안은 야벳의 종이 되기를 원하노라.”

28 홍수 후에도 노아는 350년을 더 살다가

29 950세에 죽었다.

Footnotes

  1. 6:2 ‘초자연적인존재’ 로번역된성경도있으며어떤주석가는 ‘하나님의아들들’ 이셋의 경건한후손들을가리키며, ‘사람의딸들’ 은가인의후손이라고말하기도한다.
  2. 6:3 또는 ‘그들의날은 120년이되리라’
  3. 6:15 원문에는 길이 300규빗, 너비 50규빗, 높이 30규빗으로 되어 있다.
  4. 7:20 히 ‘15규빗’
  5. 8:21 또는 ‘그 향기를 흠향하시고’
  6. 9:27 또는 ‘야벳을 창대케 하사 셈의 장막에 거하게 하시고’

Wickedness in the World

When human beings began to increase in number on the earth(A) and daughters were born to them, the sons of God(B) saw that the daughters(C) of humans were beautiful,(D) and they married(E) any of them they chose. Then the Lord said, “My Spirit(F) will not contend with[a] humans forever,(G) for they are mortal[b];(H) their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”

The Nephilim(I) were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans(J) and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.(K)

The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth,(L) and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.(M) The Lord regretted(N) that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth(O) the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.(P) But Noah(Q) found favor in the eyes of the Lord.(R)

Noah and the Flood

This is the account(S) of Noah and his family.

Noah was a righteous man, blameless(T) among the people of his time,(U) and he walked faithfully with God.(V) 10 Noah had three sons: Shem,(W) Ham and Japheth.(X)

11 Now the earth was corrupt(Y) in God’s sight and was full of violence.(Z) 12 God saw how corrupt(AA) the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.(AB) 13 So God said to Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy(AC) both them and the earth.(AD) 14 So make yourself an ark of cypress[c] wood;(AE) make rooms in it and coat it with pitch(AF) inside and out. 15 This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high.[d] 16 Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening one cubit[e] high all around.[f] Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks. 17 I am going to bring floodwaters(AG) on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish.(AH) 18 But I will establish my covenant with you,(AI) and you will enter the ark(AJ)—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you. 19 You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.(AK) 20 Two(AL) of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind(AM) of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive.(AN) 21 You are to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them.”

22 Noah did everything just as God commanded him.(AO)

The Lord then said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and your whole family,(AP) because I have found you righteous(AQ) in this generation. Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean(AR) animal, a male and its mate, and one pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate, and also seven pairs of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive(AS) throughout the earth. Seven days from now I will send rain(AT) on the earth(AU) for forty days(AV) and forty nights,(AW) and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made.(AX)

And Noah did all that the Lord commanded him.(AY)

Noah was six hundred years old(AZ) when the floodwaters came on the earth. And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives entered the ark(BA) to escape the waters of the flood. Pairs of clean and unclean(BB) animals, of birds and of all creatures that move along the ground, male and female, came to Noah and entered the ark, as God had commanded Noah.(BC) 10 And after the seven days(BD) the floodwaters came on the earth.

11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life,(BE) on the seventeenth day of the second month(BF)—on that day all the springs of the great deep(BG) burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens(BH) were opened. 12 And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.(BI)

13 On that very day Noah and his sons,(BJ) Shem, Ham and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three sons, entered the ark.(BK) 14 They had with them every wild animal according to its kind, all livestock according to their kinds, every creature that moves along the ground according to its kind and every bird according to its kind,(BL) everything with wings. 15 Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life in them came to Noah and entered the ark.(BM) 16 The animals going in were male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah.(BN) Then the Lord shut him in.

17 For forty days(BO) the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth. 18 The waters rose and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water. 19 They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered.(BP) 20 The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than fifteen cubits.[g][h] (BQ) 21 Every living thing that moved on land perished—birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind.(BR) 22 Everything on dry land that had the breath of life(BS) in its nostrils died. 23 Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out; people and animals and the creatures that move along the ground and the birds were wiped from the earth.(BT) Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark.(BU)

24 The waters flooded the earth for a hundred and fifty days.(BV)

But God remembered(BW) Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth,(BX) and the waters receded. Now the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens(BY) had been closed, and the rain(BZ) had stopped falling from the sky. The water receded steadily from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days(CA) the water had gone down, and on the seventeenth day of the seventh month(CB) the ark came to rest on the mountains(CC) of Ararat.(CD) The waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.

After forty days(CE) Noah opened a window he had made in the ark and sent out a raven,(CF) and it kept flying back and forth until the water had dried up from the earth.(CG) Then he sent out a dove(CH) to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground. But the dove could find nowhere to perch because there was water over all the surface of the earth; so it returned to Noah in the ark. He reached out his hand and took the dove and brought it back to himself in the ark. 10 He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark. 11 When the dove returned to him in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth.(CI) 12 He waited seven more days and sent the dove out again, but this time it did not return to him.

13 By the first day of the first month of Noah’s six hundred and first year,(CJ) the water had dried up from the earth. Noah then removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry. 14 By the twenty-seventh day of the second month(CK) the earth was completely dry.

15 Then God said to Noah, 16 “Come out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives.(CL) 17 Bring out every kind of living creature that is with you—the birds, the animals, and all the creatures that move along the ground—so they can multiply on the earth and be fruitful and increase in number on it.”(CM)

18 So Noah came out, together with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives.(CN) 19 All the animals and all the creatures that move along the ground and all the birds—everything that moves on land—came out of the ark, one kind after another.

20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord(CO) and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean(CP) birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings(CQ) on it. 21 The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma(CR) and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground(CS) because of humans, even though[i] every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood.(CT) And never again will I destroy(CU) all living creatures,(CV) as I have done.

22 “As long as the earth endures,
seedtime and harvest,(CW)
cold and heat,
summer and winter,(CX)
day and night
will never cease.”(CY)

God’s Covenant With Noah

Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.(CZ) The fear and dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth, and on all the birds in the sky, on every creature that moves along the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; they are given into your hands.(DA) Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you.(DB) Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.(DC)

“But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.(DD) And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting.(DE) I will demand an accounting from every animal.(DF) And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being.(DG)

“Whoever sheds human blood,
    by humans shall their blood be shed;(DH)
for in the image of God(DI)
    has God made mankind.

As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.”(DJ)

Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him: “I now establish my covenant with you(DK) and with your descendants after you 10 and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you—every living creature on earth. 11 I establish my covenant(DL) with you:(DM) Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.(DN)

12 And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant(DO) I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:(DP) 13 I have set my rainbow(DQ) in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow(DR) appears in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant(DS) between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.(DT) 16 Whenever the rainbow(DU) appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant(DV) between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.”

17 So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant(DW) I have established between me and all life on the earth.”

The Sons of Noah

18 The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth.(DX) (Ham was the father of Canaan.)(DY) 19 These were the three sons of Noah,(DZ) and from them came the people who were scattered over the whole earth.(EA)

20 Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded[j] to plant a vineyard. 21 When he drank some of its wine,(EB) he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent. 22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked(EC) and told his two brothers outside. 23 But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their father’s naked body. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father naked.

24 When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him, 25 he said,

“Cursed(ED) be Canaan!(EE)
    The lowest of slaves
    will he be to his brothers.(EF)

26 He also said,

“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Shem!(EG)
    May Canaan be the slave(EH) of Shem.
27 May God extend Japheth’s[k] territory;(EI)
    may Japheth live in the tents of Shem,(EJ)
    and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth.”

28 After the flood Noah lived 350 years. 29 Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.(EK)

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 6:3 Or My spirit will not remain in
  2. Genesis 6:3 Or corrupt
  3. Genesis 6:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
  4. Genesis 6:15 That is, about 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high or about 135 meters long, 23 meters wide and 14 meters high
  5. Genesis 6:16 That is, about 18 inches or about 45 centimeters
  6. Genesis 6:16 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
  7. Genesis 7:20 That is, about 23 feet or about 6.8 meters
  8. Genesis 7:20 Or rose more than fifteen cubits, and the mountains were covered
  9. Genesis 8:21 Or humans, for
  10. Genesis 9:20 Or soil, was the first
  11. Genesis 9:27 Japheth sounds like the Hebrew for extend.

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

And Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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;

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.

15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, 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 commanded him: and the Lord shut him in.

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.

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

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

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

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:

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

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.

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

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 assuaged;

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

11 And 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.

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

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.

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

15 And God spake unto Noah, saying,

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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:

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

23 And 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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