And Jared lived a hundred and sixty-two years, and begat 18 Enoch and Jared lived, after he begat Enoch, eight hun- 19 dred years, and begat sons and daughters: so all the days 20 of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years: and he died.

And Enoch lived sixty-five years and begat Methuselah : 21 and Enoch walked with God, after he begat Methuselah, 22 three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters so all 23 the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years: and Enoch walked with God, and he was not: for God took 24 him.

And Methuselah lived a hundred and eighty-seven years, 25 and begat Lamech: and Methuselah lived, after he begat 26 Lamech, seven hundred and eighty-two years, and begat sons and daughters: so all the days of Methuselah were 27 nine hundred and sixty-nine years: and he died.

And Lamech lived a hundred and eighty-two years, and 28 begat a son; and he called his name Noah [COMFORTER OF 29 REST] saying, "This child shall comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands, because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed." And Lamech lived, after he begat 30 Noah, five hundred and ninety-five years, and begat sons and daughters: so all the days of Lamech were seven hun- 31 dred and seventy-seven years: and he died.

And Noah was five hundred years old; and Noah begat 32 Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

CHAP. VI.—And it came to pass that when men began 1 to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw the daughters of men 2 that they were beautiful, and they took to themselves for wives whomsoever they chose. And Jehovah said, "My s Spirit shall not be always judging men on account of their transgressions: they are flesh, and their days shall be a hundred and twenty years.

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also 4 after that, when the sons of God had gone in unto the daughters of men, and they had borne children to them, these became mighty men, who of old were men of renown. When Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great 5 in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually, Jehovah repented that he 6 had made man on the earth, and was grieved in his heart.

7 And Jehovah 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 heaven: for I repent that I 8 have made them." But Noah found favour in the eyes of Jehovah.

Noah was the most just Noah walked with God: Ham, and Japheth. But

9 This is the Account of Noah. and upright man of his age, and 10 and Noah begat three sons, Shem, the earth was corrupt in the sight of God; and the earth 12 was filled with violence. And God looked upon the earth, and, lo, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way 13 upon the earth. And God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh is come before me; because through them the earth is filled with violence: therefore, lo, I will destroy them 14 with the earth. Make for thyself an ark of gopher-wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and thou shalt cover it within 15 and without with bitumen. After this form thou shalt make it 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 sloping roof shalt thou make to the ark, and at the height of a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou place in the side of it: a lower, a second, 17 and a third story shalt thou make in it. For, lo, I, even I, am about to bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, in which is the breath of life, from under the heavens; everything that is in the earth shall die. 18 But with thee will I establish my covenant: and thou shalt go into the ark; thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy 19 sons' wives with thee. And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every kind shalt thou take into the ark, to be 20 kept alive with thee; they shall be male and female. Of birds according to their kinds, and of beasts according to their kinds, and of every thing that creepeth on the ground according to their kinds, two of every kind shall come unto thee 21 to be kept alive. Take thou therefore every sort of food that is eaten, and store it up with thee; that it may be for food for 22 thee, and for them." Thus did Noah ; according to all that God commanded him, so he did.

1 CHAP. VII.-And Jehovah said to Noah, "Go thou and all thy household into the ark: for thee have I seen 2 righteous before me in this generation. Of all clean beasts. thou shalt take with thee seven pairs, the male and his

female; and of beasts that are not clean one pair, the male and his female. Of fowls of heaven also seven pairs, the 3 male and the female, to keep alive their seed upon the face of all the earth. For after seven days I will cause it to 4 rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living creature that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth." And Noah did according to all 5 that Jehovah commanded him.

And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of 6 waters was upon the earth. And Noah with his sons, and 7 his wife, and his sons' wives went into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. Of clean beasts, and of beasts 8 not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creepeth upon the ground, there went in two and two unto Noah 9 into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.

And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters 10 of the flood were upon the earth. In the six hundredth 11 year of the life of Noah, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. And the rain came upon the earth 12 forty days and forty nights. In that very day Noah, and 13 Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, entered into the ark; they, and every beast according to its kind, and 14 all cattle according to their kinds, and every thing that creepeth upon the ground according to its kind, and every fowl according to its kind, every bird of every

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And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and 15 two of all flesh, in which was the breath of life. And they 16 that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and Jehovah shut him in.

And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the 17 waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was raised above the earth.

And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon 18 the earth, and the ark floated upon the surface of the waters. And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth, so that 19 all the high mountains, which were under the whole heaven, were covered. Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail: 20 and the mountains were covered. And all flesh died that 21 moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of

beasts, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the 22 earth, and every man: all in whose nostrils was the breath of 23 life, of all that was in the dry land, died. And every living creature was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping things, and the fowls of heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they who were with him in 24 the ark. And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.

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CHAP. VIII.-But God remembered Noah, and every beast, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark and God made a wind to pass over the earth, to 2 assuage the waters. The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from 3 heaven was restrained; and the waters gradually returned from off the earth and at the end of the hundred and fifty 4 days the waters were abated, so that the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventh day of the month, upon the 5 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 7 opened the window of the ark which he had made: and he sent forth a raven, which went out, going and returning, 8 until the waters were dried up from off the earth. He also sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated 9 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 10 her in unto him into the ark. And he stayed seven days more, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark: 11 and the dove came in unto him in the evening, and, lo, in her mouth was an olive-leaf plucked off. So Noah knew 12 that the waters were abated from off the earth. And he stayed seven days more and sent forth the dove, which returned not again unto him.

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And 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, lo, the face of the ground was dry.

And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the 14 month, the earth was dried.

And God spake to Noah, saying, "Go forth from the 15 ark, thou and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. Bring forth with thee every living thing that 17 is with thee of every kind; fowl and cattle and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the ground; that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth." And Noah went forth, and his wife, and his 18 sons, and his sons' wives with him. Every beast, every creep- 19 ing thing and every fowl, whatsoever moveth upon the earth according to their kinds, went forth out of the ark.

And Noah built an altar to Jehovah, and took of every 20 sort of clean beasts, and of every sort of clean birds, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And Jehovah smelled 21 the acceptable smell: and Jehovah said in his heart, "I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; although the imagination of man's heart be evil from his youth neither will I again smite any more every thing living as I have done. While the earth remaineth, seedtime and 22 harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease."

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CHAP. IX.-And God blessed Noah and his said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth. And let the fear of you and the dread of you all the beasts of the earth, and upon all the fowls of heaven, upon every thing which creepeth on the ground, and upon all the fishes of the sea: into your hand are they delivered. Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you; even 3 as the green herb I give you them all; but flesh with the 4 life thereof, that is the blood thereof, ye shall not eat. And surely of your blood of your lives will I require an 5 account; 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 an account of the life of man. Whosoever 6 sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God he hath made man. And be And be ye fruitful 7 and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein."

And God spake to Noah and to his sons with him, 8 saying, "Behold I now establish my covenant with you, 9