Genesis 7 Geneva Bible (1599)
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- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 And the Lord said vnto Noah, Enter thou and all thine house into the Arke: for thee haue I seene righteous before me in this age.
1 Y JEHOVÁ dijo á Noé: Entra tú y toda tu casa en el arca; porque á ti he visto justo delante de mí en esta generación.
2 Of euery cleane beast thou shalt take to thee by seuens, the male and his female: but of vncleane beastes by couples, the male and his female.
2 De todo animal limpio te tomarás de siete en siete, macho y su hembra; mas de los animales que no son limpios, dos, macho y su hembra.
3 Of the foules also of the heauen by seuens, male and female, to keepe seede aliue vpon the whole earth.
3 También de las aves de los cielos de siete en siete, macho y hembra; para guardar en vida la casta sobre la faz de toda la tierra.
4 For seuen dayes hence I will cause it raine vpon the earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes, and all the substance that I haue made, will I destroy from off the earth.
4 Porque [pasados] aún siete días, yo haré llover sobre la tierra cuarenta días y cuarenta noches; y raeré toda sustancia que hice de sobre la faz de la tierra.
5 Noah therefore did according vnto all that the Lord commanded him.
5 E hizo Noé conforme á todo lo que le mandó Jehová.
6 And Noah was sixe hundreth yeeres olde, when the flood of waters was vpon the earth.
6 Y siendo Noé de seiscientos años, el diluvio de las aguas fué sobre la tierra.
7 So Noah entred and his sonnes, and his wife, and his sonnes wiues with him into the Arke, because of the waters of the flood.
7 Y vino Noé, y sus hijos, y su mujer, y las mujeres de sus hijos con él al arca, por las aguas del diluvio.
8 Of the cleane beastes, and of the vncleane beastes, and of the foules, and of all that creepeth vpon the earth,
8 De los animales limpios, y de los animales que no eran limpios, y de las aves, y de todo lo que anda arrastrando sobre la tierra,
9 There came two and two vnto Noah into the Arke, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.
9 De dos en dos entraron á Noé en el arca: macho y hembra, como mandó Dios á Noé.
10 And so after seuen dayes the waters of the flood were vpon the earth.
10 Y sucedió que al séptimo día las aguas del diluvio fueron sobre la tierra.
11 In the sixe hundreth yeere of Noahs life in the second moneth, the seuetenth day of the moneth, in the same day were all the fountaines of the great deepe broken vp, and the windowes of heauen were opened,
11 El año seiscientos de la vida de Noé, en el mes segundo, á diecisiete días del mes, aquel día fueron rotas todas las fuentes del grande abismo, y las cataratas de los cielos fueron abiertas;
12 And the raine was vpon the earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes.
12 Y hubo lluvia sobre la tierra cuarenta días y cuarenta noches.
13 In the selfe same day entred Noah with Shem, and Ham and Iapheth, the sonnes of Noah, and Noahs wife, and the three wiues of his sonnes with them into the Arke.
13 En este mismo día entró Noé, y Sem y Châm y Japhet, hijos de Noé, la mujer de Noé, y las tres mujeres de sus hijos con él en el arca;
14 They and euery beast after his kinde, and all cattell after their kinde, and euery thing that creepeth and moueth vpon the earth after his kinde, and euery foule after his kinde, euen euery bird of euery fether.
14 Ellos, y todos los animales [silvestres] según sus especies, y todos los animales mansos según sus especies, y todo reptil que anda arrastrando sobre la tierra según su especie, y toda ave según su especie, todo pájaro, toda especie de volátil.
15 For they came to Noah into ye Arke, two and two, of all flesh wherein is ye breath of life.
15 Y vinieron á Noé al arca, de dos en dos de toda carne en que había espíritu de vida.
16 And they entring in, came male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in.
16 Y los que vinieron, macho y hembra de toda carne vinieron, como le había mandado Dios: y Jehová le cerró [la puerta].
17 Then ye flood was fourtie dayes vpon the earth, and the waters were increased, and bare vp the Arke, which was lift vp aboue the earth.
17 Y fué el diluvio cuarenta días sobre la tierra; y las aguas crecieron, y alzaron el arca, y se elevó sobre la tierra.
18 The waters also waxed strong, and were increased exceedingly vpon the earth, and the Arke went vpon the waters.
18 Y prevalecieron las aguas, y crecieron en gran manera sobre la tierra; y andaba el arca sobre la faz de las aguas.
19 The waters preuailed so exceedingly vpon the earth, that all the high mountaines, that are vnder the whole heauen, were couered.
19 Y las aguas prevalecieron mucho en extremo sobre la tierra; y todos los montes altos que había debajo de todos los cielos, fueron cubiertos.
20 Fifteene cubites vpwarde did the waters preuaile, when the mountaines were couered.
20 Quince codos en alto prevalecieron las aguas; y fueron cubiertos los montes.
21 Then all flesh perished that moued vpon the earth, both foule and cattell and beast, and euery thing that creepeth and moueth vpon the earth, and euery man.
21 Y murió toda carne que se mueve sobre la tierra, así de aves como de ganados, y de bestias, y de todo reptil que anda arrastrando sobre la tierra, y todo hombre:
22 Euery thing in whose nostrels the spirit of life did breathe, whatsoeuer they were in the drie land, they died.
22 Todo lo que tenía aliento de espíritu de vida en sus narices, de todo lo que había en la tierra, murió.
23 So he destroyed euery thing that was vpon the earth, from man to beast, to ye creeping thing, and to the foule of the heauen: they were euen destroyed from the earth. And Noah onely remained; and they that were with him in ye Arke.
23 Así fué destruída toda sustancia que vivía sobre la faz de la tierra, desde el hombre hasta la bestia, y los reptiles, y las aves del cielo; y fueron raídos de la tierra; y quedó solamente Noé, y lo que con él estaba en el arca.
24 And the waters preuailed vpon the earth an hundreth and fiftie dayes.
24 Y prevalecieron las aguas sobre la tierra ciento y cincuenta días.
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A righteous man who found favor with God and rode out the flood in an ark.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 5:28–9:29
Cross references (22)
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- 1 Matthew 24:37–39; 2 Peter 2:5–9; Genesis 6:9; Hebrews 11:7; Isaiah 3:10–11
- 2 Leviticus 10:10; Genesis 8:20; Leviticus 11:1–47; Acts 10:11–15; Genesis 7:8
- 4 Genesis 6:13; Genesis 7:17; Genesis 7:12; Genesis 6:17; Genesis 6:7
- 5 Genesis 6:22; Luke 8:21; Exodus 39:32; Exodus 39:42–43; Psalm 119:6
- 6 Genesis 5:32; Genesis 8:13
- 7 Luke 17:27; Genesis 6:18; Genesis 7:1; Matthew 24:38; 2 Peter 2:5
- 9 Genesis 7:16; Genesis 2:19; Colossians 3:11; Isaiah 11:6–9; Isaiah 65:25
- 10 Genesis 6:17; Luke 17:27; Genesis 7:4; Job 22:16; Genesis 7:17–20
- 11 Genesis 8:2; Malachi 3:10; Proverbs 8:28–29; Amos 9:5–6; 2 Kings 7:19
- 12 Genesis 7:4; Matthew 4:2; Genesis 7:17; Exodus 24:18; Deuteronomy 9:18
- 13 Genesis 7:1; Genesis 6:18; Genesis 7:7–9; 1 Chronicles 1:4–28; Hebrews 11:7
- 14 Genesis 7:8–9; Genesis 7:2–3
- 15 Genesis 6:19–20; Isaiah 11:6
- 16 Luke 13:25; Matthew 25:10; Genesis 7:2–3; Psalm 91:1–10; 2 Kings 4:4–5
- 17 Genesis 7:4; Genesis 7:12
- 18 Exodus 14:28; Job 22:16; Psalm 104:26; Psalm 69:15
- 19 Psalm 104:6–9; Jeremiah 3:23; Psalm 46:2–3; 2 Peter 3:6; Job 12:15
- 20 Jeremiah 3:23; Psalm 104:6
- 21 Genesis 6:13; Genesis 6:17; Genesis 7:4; Romans 8:20; Genesis 6:6–7
- 22 Genesis 2:7; Genesis 6:17
- 23 2 Peter 2:5; 1 Peter 3:20; Hebrews 11:7; Luke 17:26–27; 2 Peter 3:6
- 24 Genesis 8:3–4
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But why in the same place is it also written, "The waters of the flood were upon the earth in the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the twenty-seventh day of the month," if that very brief year (of which it took ten to make one of ours) consisted of thirty-six days?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Hence in the Psalms, fifteen "songs of degrees." Hence the waters of the deluge overtopped the highest mountains by fifteen cubits: and many other instances of the same nature.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)