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Genesis 8:15-22

15And Godאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430spakeוַיְדַבֵּ֥רvay.da.BerH1696unto Noahנֹ֥חַNo.achH5146,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

16Go forthצֵ֖אtze'H3318of the arkהַתֵּבָ֑הha.te.VahH8392,thou, and thy wifeוְאִשְׁתְּךָ֛ve.'ish.te.KhaH802,and thy sonsוּבָנֶ֥יךָu.va.Nei.khaH1121,and thy sons’בָנֶ֖יךָva.Nei.khaH1121wivesוּנְשֵֽׁי־u.ne.shei-H802with thee.

17Bring forthהַיְצֵ֣אhay.tze'H3318with thee every living thingהַחַיָּ֨הha.chai.YahH2416that iswith thee, of all fleshבָּשָׂ֗רba.SarH1320, bothof fowlבָּע֧וֹףba.'ofH5775,and of cattleוּבַבְּהֵמָ֛הu.va.be.he.MahH929,and of every creeping thingהָרֶ֛מֶשׂha.Re.mesH7431that creepethהָרֹמֵ֥שׂha.ro.MesH7430upon the earthהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776;that they may breed abundantlyוְשָֽׁרְצ֣וּve.sha.re.TzuH8317in the earthבָאָ֔רֶץva.'A.retzH776,and be fruitfulוּפָר֥וּu.fa.RuH6509,and multiplyוְרָב֖וּve.ra.VuH7235upon the earthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

18And Noahנֹ֑חַNo.achH5146went forthוַיֵּ֖צֵא־vai.Ye.tze'-H3318,and his sonsוּבָנָ֛יוu.va.NavH1121,and his wifeוְאִשְׁתּ֥וֹve.'ish.ToH802,and his sons’בָנָ֖יוva.NavH1121wivesוּנְשֵֽׁי־u.ne.shei-H802with him:

19Every beastהַֽחַיָּ֗הha.chai.YahH2416,every creeping thingהָרֶ֙מֶשׂ֙ha.Re.mesH7431,and every fowlהָע֔וֹףha.'ofH5775, andwhatsoeverH3605creepethרוֹמֵ֣שׂro.MesH7430upon the earthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776,after their kindsלְמִשְׁפְּחֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔םle.mish.pe.Cho.tei.HemH4940,went forthיָצְא֖וּya.tze.'UH3318out of the arkהַתֵּבָֽה׃ha.te.VahH8392.

20And Noahנֹ֛חַNo.achH5146buildedוַיִּ֥בֶןvai.Yi.venH1129an altarמִזְבֵּ֖חַmiz.Be.achH4196unto Yhwhלַֽיהוָ֑הla.Yah.wehH3068;and tookוַיִּקַּ֞חvai.yi.KachH3947of every cleanהַטְּהוֹרָ֗הha.te.ho.RahH2889beastהַבְּהֵמָ֣הha.be.he.MahH929,and of every cleanהַטָּהֹ֔רha.ta.HorH2889fowlהָע֣וֹףha.'ofH5775,and offeredוַיַּ֥עַלvai.Ya.'alH5927burnt offeringsעֹלֹ֖ת'o.LotH5930on the altarבַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃ba.miz.Be.achH4196.

21And Yhwhיְהוָה֮Yah.wehH3068smelledוַיָּ֣רַחvai.Ya.rachH7306a sweetהַנִּיחֹחַ֒ha.ni.cho.aChH5207savourרֵ֣יחַRei.achH7381;And Yhwhיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559inאֶל־'el-H413his heartלִבּ֗וֹli.BoH3820,I will not againאֹ֠סִף'O.sifH3254curseלְקַלֵּ֨לle.ka.LelH7043the groundהָֽאֲדָמָה֙ha.'a.da.MahH127any more for man’sהָֽאָדָ֔םha.'a.DamH120sakeבַּעֲב֣וּרba.'a.VurH5668;for the imaginationיֵ֣צֶרYe.tzerH3336of man’sהָאָדָ֛םha.'a.DamH120heartלֵ֧בlevH3820isevilרַ֖עra'H7451from his youthמִנְּעֻרָ֑יוmi.ne.'u.RavH5271;neither will I againאֹסִ֥ף'o.SifH3254smiteלְהַכּ֥וֹתle.ha.KotH5221any more every thing livingחַ֖יchaiH2416,as I have doneעָשִֽׂיתִי׃'a.Si.tiH6213.

22While the earthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776remainethיְמֵ֣יye.MeiH3117,seedtimeזֶ֡רַעZe.ra'H2233and harvestוְ֠קָצִירVe.ka.tzirH7105,and coldוְקֹ֨רve.KorH7120and heatוָחֹ֜םva.ChomH2527,and summerוְקַ֧יִץve.Ka.yitzH7019and winterוָחֹ֛רֶףva.Cho.refH2779,and dayוְי֥וֹםve.YomH3117and nightוָלַ֖יְלָהva.Lay.lahH3915shall not ceaseיִשְׁבֹּֽתוּ׃yish.Bo.tuH7673.

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