(9) This is the line of Noah.—Noah was a righteous man; he was blameless in his age; Noah walked with God.—(10) Noah begot three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.(11) The earth became corrupt before God; the earth was filled with lawlessness.(12) When God saw how corrupt the earth was, for all flesh had corrupted its ways on earth,(13) God said to Noah, “I have decided to put an end to all flesh, for the earth is filled with lawlessness because of them: I am about to destroy them with the earth.(14) Make yourself an ark of gopher wood; make it an ark with compartments, and cover it inside and out with pitch.(15) This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.(16) Make an opening for daylight in the ark, and terminate it within a cubit of the top. Put the entrance to the ark in its side; make it with bottom, second, and third decks.

(17) “For My part, I am about to bring the Flood—waters upon the earth—to destroy all flesh under the sky in which there is breath of life; everything on earth shall perish.(18) But I will establish My covenant with you, and you shall enter the ark, with your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives.(19) And of all that lives, of all flesh, you shall take two of each into the ark to keep alive with you; they shall be male and female.

(20) From birds of every kind, cattle of every kind, every kind of creeping thing on earth, two of each shall come to you to stay alive.(21) For your part, take of everything that is eaten and store it away, to serve as food for you and for them.”(22) Noah did so; just as God commanded him, so he did.

(1) Then יהוה said to Noah, “Go into the ark, with all your household, for you alone have I found righteous before Me in this generation.(2) Of every pure animal you shall take seven pairs, males and their mates, and of every animal that is not pure, two, a male and its mate;(3) of the birds of the sky also, seven pairs, male and female, to keep seed alive upon all the earth.(4) For in seven days’ time I will make it rain upon the earth, forty days and forty nights, and I will blot out from the earth all existence that I created.”(5) And Noah did just as יהוה commanded him.(6) Noah was six hundred years old when the Flood came, waters upon the earth.(7) Noah, with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, went into the ark because of the waters of the Flood.(8) Of the pure animals, of the animals that are not pure, of the birds, and of everything that creeps on the ground,(9) two of each, male and female, came to Noah into the ark, as God had commanded Noah.

(10) And on the seventh day the waters of the Flood came upon the earth.(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 apart,
And the floodgates of the sky broke open.(12) (The rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.)(13) That same day Noah and Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, went into the ark, with Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons—(14) they and all beasts of every kind, all cattle of every kind, all creatures of every kind that creep on the earth, and all birds of every kind, every bird, every winged thing.(15) They came to Noah into the ark, two each of all flesh in which there was breath of life.(16) Thus they that entered comprised male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him. And יהוה shut him in.

(17) The Flood continued forty days on the earth, and the waters increased and raised the ark so that it rose above the earth.(18) The waters swelled and increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark drifted upon the waters.(19) When the waters had swelled much more upon the earth, all the highest mountains everywhere under the sky were covered.(20) Fifteen cubits higher did the waters swell, as the mountains were covered.(21) And all flesh that stirred on earth perished—birds, cattle, beasts, and all the things that swarmed upon the earth, and all humankind.(22) All in whose nostrils was the merest breath of life, all that was on dry land, died.(23) All existence on earth was blotted out—humans, cattle, creeping things, and birds of the sky; they were blotted out from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark.(24) And when the waters had swelled on the earth one hundred and fifty days,

(1) God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the ark, and God caused a wind to blow across the earth, and the waters subsided.(2) The fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the sky were stopped up, and the rain from the sky was held back;(3) the waters then receded steadily from the earth. At the end of one hundred and fifty days the waters diminished,(4) so that in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.(5) The waters went on diminishing until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first of the month, the tops of the mountains became visible.(6) At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made(7) and sent out the raven; it went to and fro until the waters had dried up from the earth.(8) Then he sent out the dove to see whether the waters had decreased from the surface of the ground.(9) But the dove could not find a resting place for its foot, and returned to him to the ark, for there was water over all the earth. So putting out his hand, he took it into the ark with him.(10) He waited another seven days, and again sent out the dove from the ark.(11) The dove came back to him toward evening, and there in its bill was a plucked-off olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the waters had decreased on the earth.(12) He waited still another seven days and sent the dove forth; and it did not return to him any more.(13) In the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first of the month, the waters began to dry from the earth; and when Noah removed the covering of the ark, he saw that the surface of the ground was drying.(14) And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.

(12) He waited still another seven days and sent the dove forth; and it did not return to him any more. (13) In the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first of the month, the waters began to dry from the earth; and when Noah removed the covering of the ark, he saw that the surface of the ground was drying. (14) And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.

(1)Shout, O infertile one,You who bore no child!Shout aloud for joy,You who did not travail!For the children of the wife forlornShall outnumber those of the espoused—said GOD. (2)Enlarge the site of your tent,Extend the size of your dwelling,Do not stint!Lengthen the ropes, and drive the pegs firm.(3)For you shall spread out to the right and the left;Your offspring shall dispossess nationsAnd shall people the desolate towns.(4)Fear not, you shall not be shamed;Do not cringe, you shall not be disgraced.For you shall forgetThe reproach of your youth,And remember no moreThe shame of your widowhood.(5)For the One who made you—whose name is “ GOD of Hosts”— Will espouse you.The Holy One of Israel—who is called “God of all the Earth”—Will redeem you.(6) GOD has called you back As a wife forlorn and forsaken.Can one cast off the wife of his youth?—said your God.(7)For a little while I forsook you,But with vast love I will bring you back.(8)In slight anger, for a moment,I hid My face from you;But with kindness everlastingI will take you back in love—said GOD your Redeemer. (9)For this to Me is like the waters of Noah: As I swore that the waters of NoahNevermore would flood the earth,So I swear that I will notBe angry with you or rebuke you.(10)For the mountains may moveAnd the hills be shaken,But my loyalty shall never move from you,Nor My covenant of friendship be shaken—said GOD, who takes you back in love. (11)Unhappy, storm-tossed one, uncomforted!I will lay carbuncles as your building stones And make your foundations of sapphires.(12)I will make your battlements of rubies,Your gates of precious stones,The whole encircling wall of gems.(13)And all your children shall be disciples of GOD, And great shall be the happiness of your children;(14)You shall be established through righteousness.You shall be safe from oppression,And shall have no fear;From ruin, and it shall not come near you.(15)Surely no harm can be done Without My consent:Whoever would harm youShall fall because of you.(16)It is I who created the smithTo fan the charcoal fireAnd produce tools for each purpose;So it is I who createThe instruments of havoc.(17)No weapon formed against youShall succeed,And every tongue that contends with you at lawYou shall defeat.Such is the lot of GOD’s servants, Such their triumph through Me—declares GOD. (1)Ho, all who are thirsty,Come for water,Even if you have no money;Come, buy food and eat:Buy food without money,Wine and milk without cost.(2)Why do you spend money for what is not bread,Your earnings for what does not satisfy?Give heed to Me,And you shall eat choice foodAnd enjoy the richest viands.(3)Incline your ear and come to Me;Hearken, and you shall be revived.And I will make with you an everlasting covenant,The enduring loyalty promised to David.(4)As I made him a leader of peoples, A prince and commander of peoples,(5)So you shall summon a nation you did not know,And a nation that did not know youShall come running to you— For the sake of the ETERNAL your God, The Holy One of Israel who has glorified you.

(1)Shout, O infertile one,You who bore no child!Shout aloud for joy,You who did not travail!For the children of the wife forlornShall outnumber those of the espoused—said GOD. (2)Enlarge the site of your tent,Extend the size of your dwelling,Do not stint!Lengthen the ropes, and drive the pegs firm.(3)For you shall spread out to the right and the left;Your offspring shall dispossess nationsAnd shall people the desolate towns.(4)Fear not, you shall not be shamed;Do not cringe, you shall not be disgraced.For you shall forgetThe reproach of your youth,And remember no moreThe shame of your widowhood.(5)For the One who made you—whose name is “ GOD of Hosts”— Will espouse you.The Holy One of Israel—who is called “God of all the Earth”—Will redeem you.(6) GOD has called you back As a wife forlorn and forsaken.Can one cast off the wife of his youth?—said your God.(7)For a little while I forsook you,But with vast love I will bring you back.(8)In slight anger, for a moment,I hid My face from you;But with kindness everlastingI will take you back in love—said GOD your Redeemer. (9)For this to Me is like the waters of Noah: As I swore that the waters of NoahNevermore would flood the earth,So I swear that I will notBe angry with you or rebuke you.(10)For the mountains may moveAnd the hills be shaken,But my loyalty shall never move from you,Nor My covenant of friendship be shaken—said GOD, who takes you back in love.

(11)Unhappy, storm-tossed one, uncomforted!I will lay carbuncles as your building stones And make your foundations of sapphires.(12)I will make your battlements of rubies,Your gates of precious stones,The whole encircling wall of gems.(13)And all your children shall be disciples of GOD, And great shall be the happiness of your children;(14)You shall be established through righteousness.You shall be safe from oppression,And shall have no fear;From ruin, and it shall not come near you.(15)Surely no harm can be done Without My consent:Whoever would harm youShall fall because of you.(16)It is I who created the smithTo fan the charcoal fireAnd produce tools for each purpose;So it is I who createThe instruments of havoc.(17)No weapon formed against youShall succeed,And every tongue that contends with you at lawYou shall defeat.Such is the lot of GOD’s servants, Such their triumph through Me—declares GOD. (1)Ho, all who are thirsty,Come for water,Even if you have no money;Come, buy food and eat:Buy food without money,Wine and milk without cost.(2)Why do you spend money for what is not bread,Your earnings for what does not satisfy?Give heed to Me,And you shall eat choice foodAnd enjoy the richest viands.(3)Incline your ear and come to Me;Hearken, and you shall be revived.And I will make with you an everlasting covenant,The enduring loyalty promised to David.(4)As I made him a leader of peoples, A prince and commander of peoples,(5)So you shall summon a nation you did not know,And a nation that did not know youShall come running to you— For the sake of the ETERNAL your God, The Holy One of Israel who has glorified you.