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| [1]Also the Lord seide to Noe, Entre thou and al thin hous in to the schip, for Y seiy thee iust bifore me in this generacioun. |
[1]And the Lord God said to Noe, Enter thou and all thy family into the ark, for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. |
| [2]Of alle clene lyuynge beestis thou schalt take bi seuene and bi seuene, male and female; forsothe of vnclene lyuynge beestis thou schalt take bi tweyne and bi tweyne, male and female; |
[2]And of the clean cattle take in to thee sevens, male and female, and of the unclean cattle pairs male and female. |
| [3]but also of volatils of heuene thou schalt take, bi seuene and bi seuene, male and female, that her seed be saued on the face of al erthe. |
[3]And of clean flying creatures of the sky sevens, male and female, and of all unclean flying creatures pairs, male and female, to maintain seed on all the earth. |
| [4]For yit and aftir seuene daies Y schal reyne on erthe fourti daies and fourti nyytis, and Y schal do awey al substaunce which Y made, fro the face of erthe. |
[4]For yet seven days having passed I bring rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will blot out every offspring which I have made from the face of all the earth. |
| [5]Therfor Noe dide alle thingis whiche the Lord comaundide to hym. |
[5]And Noe did all things whatever the Lord God commanded him. |
| [6]And he was of sixe hundrid yeer, whanne the watris of the greet flood flowiden on erthe. |
[6]And Noe was six hundred years old when the flood of water was upon the earth. |
| [7]And Noe entride in to the schip, and hise sones, and hise wijf, and the wyues of his sones, entriden with him for the watris of the greet flood. |
[7]And then went in Noe and his sons and his wife, and his sons' wives with him into the ark, because of the water of the flood. |
| [8]And of lyuynge beestis clene and vnclene, and of briddis of heuene, and of ech beeste which is moued on erthe, |
[8]And of clean flying creatures and of unclean flying creatures, and of clean cattle and of unclean cattle, and of all things that creep upon the earth, |
| [9]bi tweyne and bi tweyne, male and female entriden to Noe in to the schip, as the Lord comaundide to Noe. |
[9]pairs went in to Noe into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noe. |
| [10]And whanne seuene daies hadden passid, the watris of the greet flood flowiden on erthe. |
[10]And it came to pass after the seven days that the water of the flood came upon the earth. |
| [11]In the sixe hundrid yeer of the lijf of Noe, in the secunde moneth, in the seuententhe dai of the moneth, alle the wellis of the greet see weren brokun, and the wyndowis of heuene weren opened, |
[11]In the six hundredth year of the life of Noe, in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, on this day all the fountains of the abyss were broken up, and the flood-gates of heaven were opened. |
| [12]and reyn was maad on erthe fourti daies and fourti nyytis. |
[12]And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. |
| [13]In the ende of that dai Noe entride, and Sem, Cham, and Japheth, hise sones, his wijf, and the wyues of hise sones, entriden with hem into the schip. |
[13]On that very day entered Noe, Sem, Cham, Japheth, the sons of Noe, and the wife of Noe, and the three wives of his sons with him into the ark. |
| [14]Thei entriden, and ech beeste bi his kynde, and alle werk beestis in her kynde, and ech beeste which is moued on erthe in his kynde, and ech volatil bi his kynde; alle briddis and alle volatils entriden to Noe in to the schip, |
[14]And all the wild beasts after their kind, and all cattle after their kind, and every reptile moving itself on the earth after its kind, and every flying bird after its kind, |
| [15]bi tweyne and bi tweyne of ech fleisch in whiche the spirit of lijf was. |
[15]went in to Noe into the ark, pairs, male and female of all flesh in which is the breath of life. |
| [16]And tho that entriden, entriden male and female of ech fleisch, as God comaundide to hym. And the Lord encloside hym fro with out-forth. |
[16]And they that entered went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded Noe, and the Lord God shut the ark outside of him. |
| [17]And the greet flood was maad fourti daies and fourti niytis on erthe, and the watris weren multiplied, and reiseden the schip on hiy fro erthe. |
[17]And the flood was upon the earth forty days and forty nights, and the water abounded greatly and bore up the ark, and it was lifted on high from off the earth. |
| [18]The watris flowiden greetli, and filliden alle thingis in the face of erthe. Forsothe the schip was borun on the watris. |
[18]And the water prevailed and abounded exceedingly upon the earth, and the ark was borne upon the water. |
| [19]And the watris hadden maistrie greetli on erthe, and alle hiye hillis vndur alle heuene weren hilid; |
[19]And the water prevailed exceedingly upon the earth, and covered all the high mountains which were under heaven. |
| [20]the watyr was hiyere bi fiftene cubitis ouer the hilis whiche it hilide. |
[20]Fifteen cubits upwards was the water raised, and it covered all the high mountains. |
| [21]And ech fleisch was wastid that was moued on erthe, of briddis, of lyuynge beestis, of vnresonable beestis, and of alle `reptilis that crepen on erthe. |
[21]And there died all flesh that moved upon the earth, of flying creatures and cattle, and of wild beasts, and every reptile moving upon the earth, and every man. |
| [22]Alle men, and alle thingis in whiche the brething of lijf was in erthe, weren deed. |
[22]And all things which have the breath of life, and whatever was on the dry land, died. |
| [23]And God dide awei al substaunce that was on erthe, fro man til to beeste, as wel a crepynge beeste as the briddis of heuene; and tho weren doon awei fro erthe. Forsothe Noe dwellide aloone, and thei that weren with hym in the schip. |
[23]And God blotted out every offspring which was upon the face of the earth, both man and beast, and reptiles, and birds of the sky, and they were blotted out from the earth, and Noe was left alone, and those with him in the ark. |
| [24]And the watris of the greet flood ouereyeden the erthe an hundrid and fifti daies. |
[24]And the water was raised over the earth an hundred and fifty days. |