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cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that 

 creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every 

 fowl after his kind ; every bird of every sort. And 

 they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two 

 of all flesh wherein is the breath of life. And they 

 that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, 

 as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut 

 him in. 



se And the flood was 40 days upon the earth ; 

 and the waters increased and bare up the ark, and 

 it was lift up above the earth. And the waters 

 prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the 

 earth ; and all the high hills that were under the 

 whole heavens were covered. Fifteen cubits up- 

 wards did the waters prevail, and the mountains 

 were covered. And all flesh died that moved upon 

 the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, 

 and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the 

 earth, and every man : all in whose nostrils was the 

 breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. 

 And every living substance was destroyed which 

 was upon the face of the ground, both man, and 

 cattle, and creeping things, and the fowl of heaven ; 

 and they were destroyed from the earth ; and Noah 

 only remained alive, and they that were with him in 

 the ark. And the waters prevailed upon the earth 

 one hundred and fifty days. 



f( And God remembered Noah, and every living 

 thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the 

 ark ; and God made a wind to pass over the earth, 

 and the waters assuaged. The fountains, also, of 

 the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, 



