<p class="bodytext">God saw all that he had made &#8211; and it was very good!<n id="1" /> There was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day.p>

By<n id="1" /> the seventh day God finished the work that he had been doing,<n id="2" /> and he ceased<n id="3" /> on the seventh day all the work that he had been doing.

God blessed the seventh day and made it holy<n id="1" /> because on it he ceased all the work that he<n id="2" /> had been doing in creation.<n id="3" />p>

Look! You are driving me off the land<n id="1" /> today, and I must hide from your presence.<n id="2" /> I will be a homeless wanderer on the earth; whoever finds me will kill me.&#8221;

Now Zillah also gave birth to Tubal-Cain, who heated metal and shaped<n id="1" /> all kinds of tools made of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah.p>

the sons of God<n id="1" /> saw that the daughters of humankind were beautiful. Thus they took wives for themselves from any they chose.

God saw the earth, and indeed<n id="1" /> it was ruined,<n id="2" /> for all living creatures<n id="3" /> on the earth were sinful.<n id="4" />

So God said<n id="1" /> to Noah, &#8220;I have decided that all living creatures must die,<n id="2" /> for the earth is filled with violence because of them. Now I am about to destroy<n id="3" /> them and the earth.

And you must take<n id="1" /> for yourself every kind of food<n id="2" /> that is eaten,<n id="3" /> and gather it together.<n id="4" /> It will be food for you and for them.p>

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> said to Noah, &#8220;Come into the ark, you and all your household, for I consider you godly among this generation.<n id="1" />

You must take with you seven<n id="1" /> of every kind of clean animal,<n id="2" /> the male and its mate,<n id="3" /> two of every kind of unclean animal, the male and its mate,

and also seven<n id="1" /> of every kind of bird in the sky, male and female,<n id="2" /> to preserve their offspring<n id="3" /> on the face of the earth.

Pairs<n id="1" /> of clean animals, of unclean animals, of birds, and of everything that creeps along the ground,

Pairs<n id="1" /> of all creatures<n id="2" /> that have the breath of life came into the ark to Noah.

Those that entered were male and female,<n id="1" /> just as God commanded him. Then the <sc>Lordsc> shut him in.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;While the earth continues to exist,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">planting time<n id="2" /> and harvest,p> <p class="poetry">cold and heat,p> <p class="poetry">summer and winter,p> <p class="poetry">and day and night will not cease.&#8221;p>

For your lifeblood<n id="1" /> I will surely exact punishment,<n id="2" /> from<n id="3" /> every living creature I will exact punishment. From each person<n id="4" /> I will exact punishment for the life of the individual<n id="5" /> since the man was his relative.<n id="6" />p>

I confirm<n id="1" /> my covenant with you: Never again will all living things<n id="2" /> be wiped out<n id="3" /> by the waters of a flood;<n id="4" /> never again will a flood destroy the earth.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">And God said, &#8220;This is the guarantee<n id="1" /> of the covenant I am making<n id="2" /> with you<n id="3" /> and every living creature with you, a covenant<n id="4" /> for all subsequent<n id="5" /> generations:

<p class="bodytext">So God said to Noah, &#8220;This is the guarantee of the covenant that I am confirming between me and all living things<n id="1" /> that are on the earth.&#8221;p>