13On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons—14they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.15They came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two of every creature with the breath of life.16And they entered, the male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.17For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.18So the waters continued to surge and rise greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.19Finally, the waters completely inundated the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.20The waters rose and covered the mountaintops to a depth of fifteen cubits.21And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.22Of all that was on dry land, everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.23And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.24And the waters prevailed upon the earth for 150 days.

The Ark Rests on Ararat

1But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.2The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.3The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.4On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.5And 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.

Noah Sends a Raven and a Dove

6After forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark7and sent out a raven. It kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.8Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.9But the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.10Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.11And behold, the dove returned to him in the evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.12And Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him.

Exiting the Ark

13In Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.14By the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth was fully dry.

15Then God said to Noah,16“Come out of the ark, you and your wife, along with your sons and their wives.17Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”

18So Noah came out, along with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives.19Every living creature, every creeping thing, and every bird—everything that moves upon the earth—came out of the ark, kind by kind.

Noah Builds an Altar

20Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar.21When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.

The Covenant of the Rainbow

1And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.2The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.3Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.4But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.5And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:

8Then God said to Noah and his sons with him,9“Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you,10and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth—every living thing that came out of the ark.11And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”12And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:13I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.14Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,15I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.16And whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of every kind that is on the earth.”17So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between Me and every creature on the earth.”

Noah’s Shame and Canaan’s Curse

18The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.19These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.

20Now Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.21But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.23Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.24When Noah awoke from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him,

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

The Table of Nations

1This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.

The Japhethites

2The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.3The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.