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'''GENESIS 6 - 8.''' <br/><br/>
'''Chapter Six.''' <br />
  1. And it came to pass when man began to multiply upon  the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,<br/><br/>
2.that the SONS OF GOD saw (Lit.  'took a good look at') the daughters man that  they were fair (Lit.  'good looking'),  and they took for themselves all whom they chose –<br/><br/>
3. And the Lord said, &quot;This shall not master my  spirit in man indefinite since IT is also flesh, and its days shall be 120  years.&quot;<br/><br/>
4. The NEPHILIM were in the earth in these days (and  also after this, since they continued to come, the SONS OF GOD to the daughters  of man and they bare unto them the mighty men, who have ever since been known  as 'the famous ones' (Lit.  'men of  name')<br/><br/>
5. And the Lord saw that wickedness (Lit. depravity,  moral baseness) of man was great in the earth, and every inclination of the  thoughts of his heart evil all day long, and the Lord was sorrowful that He had  made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart,<br/><br/>
7. And the Lord said &quot;I will utterly sweep away  man whom I have created from upon the face of the ground, from man to beast to  creeping thing, and to the fowl of the heavens, for I am sorrowful that I made  them.&quot; But Noah found favour in the eyes of the Lord.<br/><br/>
9. These (i.e. the foregoing) are the historical  records of Noah.<br/><br/>
<em>(That  which now starts is the beginning of the historical records of Noah's three  sons, which continues to Genesis 10:1)</em> Noah was a righteous man, unblemished among his  contemporaries.  Noah walked with God.<br/><br/>
10.And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.<br/><br/>
11.And the earth was debased before God (Lit. 'in the  face of God' which means in effect, 'in defiance of God' and His laws,) and the  earth was full of oppression.<br/><br/>
12.And God saw the earth, and behold it had been  debased, for all flesh had debased its way upon the earth.<br/><br/>
13.And God said to Noah, &quot;The end of all flesh  has come before me, for the earth is full of oppression on account of THEM  (i.e. the fallen angels and their giant offspring), and behold I shall destroy  them from the earth.<br/><br/>
14.Make for yourself a Vessel (Heb. TEBETH, a hollow  vessel) of Gopher Wood. (Cypress wood) You shall make nests (or compartments)  and shall coat the Vessel from within and from without with Kopher. (Kopher was  the resin that exuded from the Cypress tree, and made an ideal varnish for the  Gopher wood, thus providing the Ark with waterproofing.) <br/><br/>
15.And this is the manner in which you shall make it,  300 cubits shall be the length of the Vessel, 50 cubits its breadth, and 30  cubits its height. (The cubit of those days was about 20 inches, making the Ark  a grand ship, 500 feet long, 83 feet broad, and 50 feet high.) <br/><br/>
16.A source of illumination you shall make in the  Vessel, (this refers to internal lighting, not a window), and you shall finish  (the Vessel) to a cubit from above, (i.e. ventilation right round the top,  under the covering, 20 inches deep) and the entrance of the Vessel you shall  place at its side.  Lowest, second, and  third floors you shall make for it. <br/><br/>
17.And I, even I, am bringing the FLOOD (Heb.  MABBUL = a violent flowing of waters.  The Greek word is CATACLYSM) of water upon  the earth in order to destroy all flesh in which is the SPIRIT OF LIVES from  under the heavens.  Everything which is  in the earth shall perish.<br/><br/>
18.And I will raise up my Covenant with you, and you  shall come to the Vessel, you and your sons, and your wife, and the wives of  your sons together with you,<br/><br/>
19.And from all the living, from all flesh, a pair  from each shall you cause to come to the Vessel in order to keep them alive  with you, a male and a female,<br/><br/>
20.they shall be from the fowl after its kind, and  from the cattle after its kind, and from all creeping things of the ground  after its kind, Two from each they shall come to you in order to stay alive.<br/><br/>
21.And take you for yourself from all food which can  be eaten, and gather<br />
  it unto you, and it shall be for you and for them for  food.&quot;<br/><br/>
22.And Noah did this. Everything which God commanded  him, so he did.<br/><br/>
CHAPTER SEVEN.<br />
  1. And the Lord said to Noah, &quot;Come, you and all  your house, to the Vessel, for you have I observed to be righteous before me in  this generation.<br/><br/>
2. From each of the clean beasts you shall take seven  pairs, and from the beast which is not clean, one pair, man and his wife.<br/><br/>
3. Also from the fowl of the heavens, seven pairs,  male and female, in order to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.<br/><br/>
4. For at the end of yet seven days I shall cause it  to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe out (Heb.  sweep away, or wipe clean as a dish) all living substance which I have made  from upon the face of the ground.&quot;.<br/><br/>
5. And Noah did everything exactly as the Lord had  commanded him.<br/><br/>
<em>6.</em> And Noah  was 600 years old, and the flood waters were upon the earth.<br/><br/>
7. And he came, Noah and his sons, and his wife, and  the wives of his sons with him, into the Vessel from the face of the waters of  the flood.<br />
  8. From the clean beast, and from the beast which is  not clean, and from the fowl, and everything which creeps upon the ground<br/><br/>
9. in pairs they came to Noah to the Vessel, male and  female, just as God had commanded Noah.<br/><br/>
10.And it was (at the expiration of) the seven days  that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.<br/><br/>
11.In the 600th years of Noah's life, in the second  month, on the 17th day of the month, on this day all the storehouses of the  great deep were broken up (Heb. divided, as was the Red Sea at the Exodus.  The word suggests 'cleaving', as though the  whole ocean was thrown apart.) and the floodgates of the heavens were opened, <br/><br/>
12.And the rain was upon the earth 40 days and 40  nights. <br/><br/>
13.On this self-same day came Noah, Shem, Ham,  Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the triad of the wives of his  sons with them to the Vessel,<br/><br/>
14.they and all the beast after its kind, and all the  cattle after its kind,<br />
  and all the creeping things that creep upon the earth  after their kind, and every fowl after its kind, every kind of bird of every  wing, <br/><br/>
15.and they came to Noah into the Vessel in pairs from  all the flesh in which is the SPIRIT OF LIVES.<br/><br/>
16.And those who were coming, male and female, from  all flesh they had come (into the Vessel) just as God had commanded him (Noah),  and the Lord closed (the door) against him.<br/><br/>
17.And the flood was 40 days upon the earth, and the  waters increased, and they lifted up the Vessel, and it became high above the  earth. <br/><br/>
18.And the waters grew strong, and they increased  exceedingly upon the earth, and the Vessel travelled about on the face of the  waters, <br/><br/>
19.and the waters grew strong exceedingly upon the  earth, and all the high mountains which are under all the heavens were covered, <br/><br/>
20.fifteen cubits above the mountain tops the waters  prevailed, and the mountains were covered,<br/><br/>
21.and all flesh perished which creeps on the ground,  in the fowl and in the cattle, and in the beast and in all the swarm which is  swarming upon the earth, and all mankind,<br/><br/>
22.bvery being having the breath of the SPIRIT OF  LIVES in its face, of everything that was upon the dry ground, died. <br/><br/>
23.He blotted out entirely all the living substance  which (had been) upon the face of the ground, from man to beast to creeping  thing and to the fowl of the heavens, and they were blotted out from the earth,  and only Noah remained, and those who were with him in the Vessel. <br/><br/>
24.And the waters were strong upon the earth 150 days.<br/><br/>
Chapter Eight.<br/><br/>
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  <li>And God  remembered Noah and all the living (ones), and all the cattle that were with  him in the Vessel, and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters  subsided.</li>
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2. and  the storehouses of the great deep were closed, and the floodgates of the  heavens, and the rain was restrained from the heavens,<br/><br/>
3. and  the waters returned from being upon the earth, GOING AND RETURNING, and the  waters began to<br />
  abate  from the end of the 150th day,<br/><br/>
4. and  the Vessel rested in the 7th month, on the 17th day of the month upon the  Urartu Mountain range,<br/><br/>
5. and  the waters decreased more and more until the 10th month.  In the 10th (month) on the first (day) of<br />
  the month  the tops of the mountains were seen<br />
  6. And it  came to pass at the end of 40 days, he opened the little window of the Vessel,  which he had made,<br/><br/>
7. and  sent forth the raven, and it went forth, GOING AND RETURNING, until the drying of  the waters from upon the earth.<br/><br/>
8. And he  sent forth the dove to see whether the waters were light (abated) from upon the  face of the ground,<br/><br/>
9. and  the dove found not a resting place for the hollow of her foot, and she returned  to him to the Vessel,<br />
  for water  was (still) upon the face of all the earth, and he stretched forth his hand and  took her, and brought<br />
  her to  him in the Vessel.<br/><br/>
10.And he waited yet seven other days, and continued  to send the dove from the Vessel,<br/><br/>
11.And  the dove came to him at evening time, and behold, there was in her mouth an  olive leaf plucked off, and Noah knew that the waters had become light (abated)  from upon the earth.<br/><br/>
12.And he  waited yet seven other days, and he sent forth the dove, and she never again  returned unto him.<br/><br/>
13.And it  was in the 601st year, in the first (month), on the first of the month, that  the waters were dried up from upon the earth, and Noah removed the cover of the  Vessel, and he saw and beheld that the face of the ground had become dry.<br/><br/>
14.And on  the 27th day of the 2nd month the earth was dry. <br/><br/>
15.And  God spoke to Noah saying,<br/><br/>
16.1'Get away from the Vessel, you and your wife, and  your sons, and your sons' wives with you,<br/><br/>
17.all  the beast which is with you cattle, and in all the creeping them to move away  with you, and they shall be fruitful, and <br/><br/>
18.And  Noah went with his sons and <br/><br/>
19.all  the living (ones) , all the from all flesh, in the fowl and in the things that  creep upon the earth, cause they shall increase greatly in the earth, they shall  multiply upon the earth.&quot; his wife, and his sons', wives with him,  creeping things, and all the fowl, everything treading upon the earth,  according to their families they went forth from the Vessel.<br/><br/>
20.And  Noah built an altar to the Lord, and he took from every kind of beast which is  clean, and from all the clean fowl, and he conducted up burnt offerings upon  the altar.<br/><br/>
21.And  the Lord smelled the pleasant (smell), and the Lord said in His heart, &quot;I  will not add to curse again the ground on account of man, even though the  imagination of the heart is evil from his youthful times and I will not add  again to smite all living things as I have done. <br/><br/>
22.Yet  all the days of the earth, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer  and winter, and day and night, shall not cease.<br/><br/>
<em>Please  note: </em>this transition has <em>not been made  for easy reading.  Rather </em>has the  literal <em>meaning of the original</em> <em>language been transmitted, so that one may  be able to detect </em>the presence <em>of  words that betray information</em> important <em>to </em>our understanding <em>of the Flood, </em>and  all that happened in that momentous year.<br/><br/>[[Category:Bible Topic]]