20 And the waters rose up fifteen cubits above them, and the mountains were covered.

21 And all flesh that moveth upon the earth was lost of life, and the fowl, and the cattle, and the beasts, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and all men;

22 Everything that had the breath of the spirit of life in its nostrils on dry land died.

23 Every creature that was on the surface of the earth was destroyed; from man to cattle, and creeping things, and birds of the air, everything was destroyed from the earth, only Noah remained, and what was with him in the ark.

24 And the waters increased upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.

Chapter 8

1 And God remembered Noah, and all the beasts, and all the cattle, (and all the birds, and every creeping thing) that were with him in the ark; and God brought the wind upon the earth, and the waters ceased.

2 And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were closed, and the rain from heaven ceased.

3 And the waters gradually returned from the earth, and the waters began to diminish at the end of the hundred and fifty days.

4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.

5 The waters were constantly receding until the tenth month; On the first day of the tenth month, the tops of the mountains appeared.

6 At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made

7 And he sent forth a raven, which flew out, and flew away, and flew away, while the earth was dried up of water.

8 Then he sent out a dove from him, to see if the waters were gone away from the face of the earth,