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Genesis 7:6-12

6And Noahוְנֹ֕חַve.No.achH5146wassixשֵׁ֥שׁsheshH8337hundredמֵא֖וֹתme.'otH3967yearsשָׁנָ֑הsha.NahH8141oldבֶּן־ben-H1121when the floodוְהַמַּבּ֣וּלve.ham.ma.BulH3999of watersמַ֖יִםMa.yimH4325was upon the earthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

7And Noahנֹ֗חַNo.achH5146went inוַיָּ֣בֹאvai.Ya.vo'H935,and his sonsוּ֠בָנָיוU.va.navH1121,and his wifeוְאִשְׁתּ֧וֹve.'ish.ToH802,and his sons’בָנָ֛יוva.NavH1121wivesוּנְשֵֽׁי־u.ne.shei-H802with him, into the arkהַתֵּבָ֑הha.te.VahH8392,because ofמִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.NeiH6440the watersמֵ֥יmeiH4325of the floodהַמַּבּֽוּל׃ha.ma.BulH3999.

8Of cleanהַטְּהוֹרָ֔הha.te.ho.RahH2889beastsהַבְּהֵמָה֙ha.be.he.MahH929,and of beastsהַ֨בְּהֵמָ֔הha.be.he.MahH929that arenot cleanטְהֹרָ֑הte.ho.RahH2889,and of fowlsהָע֔וֹףha.'ofH5775,and of every thing that creepethרֹמֵ֖שׂro.MesH7430upon the earthהָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃Ha.'a.da.MahH127,

9There went inבָּ֧אוּBa.'uH935twoשְׁנַ֨יִםshe.Na.yimH8147and twoשְׁנַ֜יִםshe.Na.yimH8147unto Noahנֹ֛חַNo.achH5146into the arkהַתֵּבָ֖הha.te.VahH8392,the maleזָכָ֣רza.KharH2145and the femaleוּנְקֵבָ֑הu.ne.ke.VahH5347,asכַּֽאֲשֶׁ֛רka.'a.SherH834Godאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430had commandedצִוָּ֥הtzi.VahH6680Noahנֹֽחַ׃No.achH5146.

10And it came to pass after sevenלְשִׁבְעַ֣תle.shiv.'AtH7651daysהַיָּמִ֑יםhai.ya.MimH3117,that the watersוּמֵ֣יu.MeiH4325of the floodהַמַּבּ֔וּלha.ma.BulH3999were upon the earthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

11Inבִּשְׁנַ֨תbish.NatH8141the sixשֵׁשׁ־shesh-H8337hundredthמֵא֤וֹתme.'otH3967yearשָׁנָה֙sha.NahH8141of Noah’sנֹ֔חַNo.achH5146lifeלְחַיֵּי־le.chai.yei-H2416,in the secondהַשֵּׁנִ֔יha.she.NiH8145monthבַּחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ba.Cho.deshH2320,the seventeenthבְּשִׁבְעָֽה־ עָשָׂ֥רbe.shiv.'ah- 'a.SarH6240 H7651dayי֖וֹםYomH3117of the monthלַחֹ֑דֶשׁla.Cho.deshH2320,the sameהַזֶּ֗הha.ZehH2088dayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117were all the fountainsמַעְיְנֹת֙ma'.ye.NotH4599of the greatרַבָּ֔הra.BahH7227deepתְּה֣וֹםte.HomH8415broken upנִבְקְעוּ֙niv.ke.'UH1234,and the windowsוַאֲרֻבֹּ֥תva.'a.ru.BotH699of heavenהַשָּׁמַ֖יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064were openedנִפְתָּֽחוּ׃nif.Ta.chuH6605.

12And the rainהַגֶּ֖שֶׁםha.Ge.shemH1653was upon the earthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776fortyאַרְבָּעִ֣ים'ar.ba.'ImH705daysי֔וֹםYomH3117and fortyוְאַרְבָּעִ֖יםve.'ar.ba.'ImH705nightsלָֽיְלָה׃La.ye.lahH3915.

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