Chapter 7

Noah & Family Enter the Ark:
When the Mayim Above Floods with the Mayim Below

Ehyeh Sees that Noah is the Only One Righteous in His Time

1: And Ehyeh [I AM] said [`amar] to Noah (Rest-masculine), "Come you [singular] into [bow'] the ark [tebah-feminine]: you [singular] and all your house [bayith]; for [kiy] you [singular] have I seen [ra'ah] righteous [tsaddiyq] before My face [paniym-masculine] in this [zeh] period of time [dowr-masculine].

Ehyeh Commands Noah to

Bring the Clean and Unclean Animals

2: Of [min] every [kol] clean [tahowr] animal [bĕhemah-feminine] you [singular] shall take [laqach] to [`al] yourself [singular] seven couples [sheba' sheba'-masculine/feminine], the man [`iysh-masculine] and his woman [`ishshah-feminine]: and of [min] animals [bĕhemah-feminine] which ['asher] are not [lo'] clean [tahowr] by two [shĕnayim], the man [`iysh-masculine] and his woman [`ishshah-feminine].
3: Also [gam] of [min] flying creatures [`owph-masculine] of the Universe [shamayim-water over there-masculine], seven couples [sheba' sheba'-masculine/feminine], the male [zakar-masculine] and the female [nĕqebah]; to keep alive [chayah] seed [zera'-masculine] upon [`al] the face [paniym-masculine] of all [kol] the earth [`erets-feminine].

Ehyeh Announces that in 7 Days the Rain will Come to Destroy All Who Are Not in the Ark

4: For [kiy] in seven [sheba'-masculine/feminine] more [`owd] days [yom-masculine], and I [`anokiy] will cause it to rain [matar] upon [`al] the earth [`erets-feminine] forty [`arba'iym] days [yom-masculine] and forty [`arba'iym] nights [layil-masculine]; and every [kol] standing thing that exists [yĕquwm] which ['asher] I have made [`asah-plural] will I wipe out [machah] from [min] off [`al] the face [paniym-masculine] of the red ground [`adamah-feminine]."
5: And Noah (Rest-masculine) accomplished [`asah-plural] all [kol] which ['asher] Ehyeh [I AM] commanded [tsavah] him.

Noah, the Clean Animals, and Two of Each Unclean Animal,

Enter the Ark

6: And Noah (Rest-masculine) was a son [ben-masculine] of six [shesh] hundred [me'ah-feminine] years [shaneh-feminine] when the flood [mabbuwl-masculine], he became [hayah] waters [mayim-masculine] upon [`al] the earth [`erets-feminine].
7: And Noah (Rest-masculine) went in [bow'], and his sons [ben-masculine], and his woman [`ishshah-feminine], and his sons' [ben-masculine] women [`ishshah-feminine] with [`eth] him, into [`al] the ark [tebah-feminine], from the face of [paniym-masculine] the waters [mayim-masculine] of the flood [mabbuwl-masculine].
8: Of [min] clean [tahowr] animals [bĕhemah-feminine], and of animals [bĕhemah-feminine] which ['asher] are not ['ayin] clean [tahowr], and of flying creatures [`owph-masculine], and of all [kol] who ['asher] creep [ramas] upon [`al] the red ground [`adamah-feminine],
9: There went in [bow'] two [shĕnayim] and two [shĕnayim] to [`el] Noah (Rest-masculine) into [`el] the ark [tebah-feminine], the male [zakar-masculine] and the female [nĕqebah], as ['asher] the Mighty Ones [Elohim] had commanded [tsavah] Noah (Rest-masculine).

The Flood Begins, Lasting 40 Days & 40 Nights

10: And it came to be [hayah] after [`al] seven [sheba'-masculine/feminine] days [yom-masculine], that the waters [mayim-masculine] of the flood [mabbuwl-masculine] came to be [hayah] on [`al] the earth [`erets-feminine].
11: In the six [shesh] hundredth [me'ah-feminine] year [shaneh-feminine] of Noah's (Rest-masculine] life [chay], in the second [sheniy] month [chodesh-masculine], the seventeenth [sheba'-`asar-masculine/feminine] day [yom-masculine] of the month [chodesh-masculine], this same [zeh] day [yom-masculine] were all [kol] the fountains [ma'yan-masculine] of the vast [rab] subterranean waters [tĕhowm-masculine/ feminine] broken up [baqa'], and the windows [`arubbah-feminine] of the Universe [shamayim-water over there-masculine] were opened [pathach].
12: And the downpour of rain [geshem-masculine], he came [hayah] upon [`al] the earth [`erets-feminine] forty [`arba'iym] days [yom-masculine] and forty [`arba'iym] nights [layil-masculine].

Ehyeh Shuts the Door of the Ark After Everyone is Inside

13: On this [zeh] very substantial [`etsem-feminine] day [yom-masculine] entered [bow'] Noah (Rest-masculine), and Shem (Name-masculine), and Ham (Hot), and Japheth (Opened-masculine), the sons [ben-masculine] of Noah (Rest-masculine), and Noah's (Rest-masculine) woman [`ishshah-feminine], and the three [shalowsh-masculine/feminine] women [`ishshah-feminine] of his sons [ben-masculine] with [`eth] them, into [`al] the ark [tebah-feminine];
14: They [hem-masculine], and every [kol] living one [chay] after her kind [miyn-masculine], and all [kol] the animals [bĕhemah-feminine] after her kind [miyn-masculine], and every [kol] creeping reptile [remes-collective masculine] that creeps [ramas] upon [`al] the earth [`erets-feminine] after his kind [miyn-masculine], and every [kol] flying creature [`owph-masculine] after his kind [miyn-masculine], every [kol] bird [tsippowr-feminine] of every [kol] wing [kanaph-feminine].
15: And they came to [bow'] Noah (Rest-masculine) into [`al] the ark [tebah-feminine], two [shĕnayim] and two [shĕnayim] of all [kol] flesh [basar-masculine], which in ['asher] him is the Spirit [ruwach-feminine] of Life [chay].
16: And they that went in [bow'], went in [bow'] male [zakar-masculine] and female [nĕqebah] of all [kol] flesh [basar-masculine], as the Mighty Ones [Elohim-masculine] had commanded [tsavah] him: and Ehyeh [I AM] shut [cagar] him in [b'ad].
 

The Earth is Flooded, Man & Creature Dies, and the Ark and Noah's Family Survive

17: And the flood [mabbuwl-masculine] came to be [hayah] forty [`arba'iym] days [yom-masculine] upon [`al] the earth [`erets-feminine]; and the waters [mayim-masculine] increased [rabah], and lifted up [nasa'] the ark [tebah-feminine], and it was raised up high [ruwm] above [`al] the earth [`erets-feminine].
18: And the waters [mayim-masculine] prevailed [gabar], and were increased [rabah] vehehemently [m'od-masculine] upon the earth [`erets-feminine]; and the ark [tebah-feminine], she went [yalak] above [`al] the face [paniym-masculine] of the waters [mayim-masculine].
19: And the waters [mayim-masculine] prevailed [gabar] with much [m'od-masculine] force [m'od-masculine] upon [`al] the earth [`erets-feminine]; and all [kol] the high [gaboahh] mountains [har-masculine], which ['asher] were under [tachath] the whole [kol] Universe [shamayim-water over there-masculine], were covered [kacah].
20: Fifteen [chamesh-`asar-masculine/feminine] cubits [`ammah-22 ft-feminine] upward [ma'al] did the waters [mayim-masculine] prevail [gabar]; and the mountains [har-masculine] were covered [kacah].
21: And all flesh [basar-masculine] breathed out their soul [gava'] that moved [ramas] upon [`al] the earth [`erets-feminine], both of flying creatures [`owph-masculine], and of animals, [bĕhemah-feminine] and of living ones [chay], and of every [kol] roaming one [sherets-masculine] that swarms [sharats] upon [`al] the earth [`erets-feminine], and every [kol] red ground-ling [`adam-masculine]:
22: All [kol] in whose ['asher] nostrils [`aph-masculine] was the Breath [nĕshamah-feminine] of the Spirit [ruwach-feminine] of Life [chay], of all [kol] that was in the dry ground [charabah-feminine], died [muwth].
23: And every [kol] standing thing that exists [yĕquwm] was wiped out [machah] which ['asher] was upon [`al] the face [paniym-masculine] of the red ground [`adamah-feminine], both red ground-ling [`adam-masculine], and animal [bĕhemah-feminine], and the creeping reptiles [remes-collective masculine], and the flying creature [`owph-masculine] of the Universe [shamayim-water over there-masculine]; and they were wiped out [machah] from the earth [`erets-feminine]: and Noah (Rest-masculine) only [`ak] remained [sha'ar], and they who ['asher] were with him in the ark [tebah-feminine].
24: And the waters [mayim-masculine] prevailed [gabar] upon [`al] the earth [`erets-feminine] an hundred [me'ah-feminine] and fifty [chamishshiym] days [yom-masculine].