Japheth.
(Genesis)
Chapter 6
Announcement of the Flood. Building of the ark or the box.

And when men began to multiply on the earth, and to beget daughters unto them, 2. And the children of God looked on the daughters of men, and saw that they were fair, and took them wives whom they would.

Then said the LORD, Men will not be punished by my spirit any more: for they are flesh. And I will give them yet an hundred and twenty years.

There were also tyrants in the earth in those days: for when the children of God slept with the daughters of men, and begat them children, they became mighty men in the world, and mighty men of renown.

And when the LORD saw that the wickedness of men was great upon the earth, and that all the thoughts and actions of their heart were evil for ever,

And it grieved him that he had made man upon the earth, and it grieved him in his heart, 7. And said: And I will destroy them which I have created from off the face of the earth, from man unto cattle, and unto creeping things, and unto the fowls of the air: for it repenteth me that I have made them.

But Noah found grace in the sight of the LORD.

This is the generation of Noah: Noah was a godly man, and without change, and lived a godly life in his days.

And begat three sons, Shem, Ham, Japheth.

But the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of iniquity.

Then God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt: for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me, because the earth is full of their iniquity: and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

Make thee a chest of fir wood, and make chambers therein, and pitch them within and without.

And make it so: three hundred cubits shall be the length thereof, fifty cubits the breadth thereof, and thirty cubits the height thereof.

thou shalt make a window in the top thereof, a cubit in height. And the door shall be in the midst of the side thereof. And it shall have three bottoms, one at the bottom, the other in the middle, and the third in the height.

For, behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is a living breath under heaven. And all that is upon the earth shall perish.

But with thee will I establish a covenant; and thou shalt go into the coffer with thy sons, and with thy wife, and with thy sons’ wives.

And thou shalt put in the coffer every beast of all flesh, every pair of them, male and female, that they may live with thee.

Of the birds after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, and of every creeping thing that
creepeth upon the earth after his kind; of them all a pair shall go in unto thee, that they may live.

And thou shalt take unto thee all manner of meat that is eaten; and thou shalt gather it unto thee, and it shall be meat for thee and for them.

And Noah did all that God commanded him.
(Genesis)
Chapter 7
The Flood is breaking.

And the LORD said unto Noah, Get thee into the chest, thou, and all thy house: for I have seen thee righteous before me at this time.

Of all the clean cattle take thee seven and seven, the male and his female: and of the unclean cattle a pair each, the male and his female.

The same of the birds of the air, seven and seven, the male and his female; that seed may live upon the face of all the earth.

For yet more than seven days will I cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights, and will destroy from off the face of the earth every living thing that I have made.

And Noah did according to all that the LORD commanded him.

And he was six hundred years old when the waters of the flood came upon the earth.

And he went into the coffer with his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives, before the waters of the flood.

Of the clean cattle, and of the unclean, and of the fowl, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

And they went in unto him by pairs, male and female, as the LORD commanded him.

And when the seven days were expired, the waters of the flood came upon the earth.

In the six hundredth year of the age of Noah, in the seventeenth day of the second month, which is the day that all the fountains of the great deep broke open, and opened the windows of heaven,

And there came rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

And the same day Noah went into the box with Shem, and Ham, and Japheth his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ three wives;

And every beast after his kind, and every cattle after his kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, and every flying thing, and every winged thing.

All these things went unto Noah into the coffer with couples, of all flesh, because there was a living spirit within.

And these were men and women of all flesh: and they went in, as God had commanded him.
And the LORD shut the door behind him.

And the flood came upon the earth forty days; and the waters rose up, and lifted up the chest, and carried it up above the earth.

So the waters overflowed, and waxed exceeding great upon the earth, that the cistern ran upon the waters.

And the waters prevailed, and increased so much upon the earth, that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered.

Fifteen cubits high went the waters over the mountains that were covered.

Then perished all flesh that creepeth upon the earth, of birds, and of cattle, and of beasts, and of all that moveth upon the earth, and of all men.

Every living thing that had a living breath in the dry land died.

So all that was upon the face of the earth was destroyed, from man unto cattle, and unto creeping things, and to the fowls of the air: all these were destroyed from off the earth. But Noah remained, and all that was with him in the box.

And the waters stood upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.
(Genesis)
Chapter 8
The Flood is coming to an end.

Then God remembered Noah, and all the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the box, and caused the wind to come upon the earth, and the waters fell.

And the fountains of the deep were stopped up, and the windows of heaven; and the rain from heaven was withholden.

And the waters departed from the earth continually, and abated after the space of an hundred and fifty days.

On the seventeenth day of the seventh moon the caste settled upon mount Ararat.

And the waters passed away, and abated, until the tenth moon. On the first day of the tenth moon the tops of the mountains peeped out.

And it came to pass after forty days, that Noah opened the window of the box which he had made,

And he sent forth a raven, which flew to and fro, until the waters were dried up upon the earth.

And afterward he sent forth a dove, that he might know whether the waters were fallen upon the earth.

But when the dove found not where her foot could rest, she came again unto him into the coffer: for the waters were yet upon the whole face of the earth. And he put forth his hand, and took it unto him into the coffer.

And he tarried yet another seven days, and sent again a dove flying out of the box.

And she came to him about the time of supper, and, behold, she had broken an olive leaf, and bare it in her mouth. Then Noah heard that the waters were fallen upon the earth.

And he tarried yet other seven days, and sent forth a dove, which came not again to him.

In the six hundred and first year of Noah’s age, in the first day of the first month, the waters of the earth dried up. Then Noah took the roof off the box, and saw that the ground was dry.

So the earth was wholly dry on the twenty and seventh day of the second month.

Then God spake unto Noah, saying:

Get thee out of the coffer, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.

Every beast that is with thee, of every flesh, of every fowl, and of every cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, come out with thee; and be ye fruitful and multiply upon the earth.

So Noah went forth with his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives; 19. And every beast, and every creeping thing, and every fowl, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, came out of the box, every one to his own kind.

And Noah built an altar unto the LORD, and took of all clean cattle, and of all clean fowls, and offered burnt offerings upon the altar.

And the LORD smelled the sweet savour, and said in his heart, I will curse the earth no more for man’s sake: for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth. And I will smite no more every living thing, as I have done.

As long as the earth standeth, seed and