Before The Flood

In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, in this day have been broken up all fountains of the great deep, and the net-work of the heavens hath been opened,

By faith Noah, having been divinely warned concerning the things not yet seen, having feared, did prepare an ark to the salvation of his house, through which he did condemn the world, and of the righteousness according to faith he became heir.

and as the days of Noah--so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man; — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass that mankind have begun to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters have been born to them, — read the full passage →

who sometime disbelieved, when once the long-suffering of God did wait, in days of Noah--an ark being preparing--in which few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water;

These <FI>are<Fi> births of Noah: Noah <FI>is<Fi> a righteous man; perfect he hath been among his generations; with God hath Noah walked habitually.

The fallen ones were in the earth in those days, and even afterwards when sons of God come in unto daughters of men, and they have borne to them--they <FI>are<Fi> the heroes, who, from of old, <FI>are<Fi> the men of name.

And Jehovah saith, `My Spirit doth not strive in man--to the age; in their erring they <FI>are<Fi> flesh:' and his days have been an hundred and twenty years.

and the old world did not spare, but the eighth person, Noah, of righteousness a preacher, did keep, a flood on the world of the impious having brought,

they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were given in marriage, till the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the deluge came, and destroyed all;

and as the days of Noah--so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man;

`And I, lo, I am bringing in the deluge of waters on the earth to destroy all flesh, in which <FI>is<Fi> a living spirit, from under the heavens; all that <FI>is<Fi> in the earth doth expire.

and sons of God see the daughters of men that they <FI>are<Fi> fair, and they take to themselves women of all whom they have chosen.

and enmity I put between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he doth bruise thee--the head, and thou dost bruise him--the heel.'

and no shrub of the field is yet in the earth, and no herb of the field yet sprouteth, for Jehovah God hath not rained upon the earth, and a man there is not to serve the ground,

And God saith, `Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and let it be separating between waters and waters.' — read the full passage →

the earth hath existed waste and void, and darkness <FI>is<Fi> on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God fluttering on the face of the waters,

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth-- — read the full passage →

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth--

this first knowing, that there shall come in the latter end of the days scoffers, according to their own desires going on, — read the full passage →

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

for as they were, in the days before the flood, eating, and drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage, till the day Noah entered into the ark,

`And concerning that day and the hour no one hath known--not even the messengers of the heavens--except my Father only;

for in the rising again they do not marry, nor are they given in marriage, but are as messengers of God in heaven.

For, the waters of Noah <FI>is<Fi> this to Me, In that I have sworn--the waters of Noah Do not pass again over the earth--So I have sworn, Wrath is not upon thee, Nor rebuke against thee.

Bless, O my soul, Jehovah! Jehovah, my God, Thou hast been very great, Honour and majesty Thou hast put on. — read the full passage →

And Noah buildeth an altar to Jehovah, and taketh of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and causeth burnt-offerings to ascend on the altar; — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah openeth the window of the ark which he made,

And the deluge is forty days on the earth, and the waters multiply, and lift up the ark, and it is raised up from off the earth;

And God said to Noah, `An end of all flesh hath come before Me, for the earth hath been full of violence from their presence; and lo, I am destroying them with the earth.

And Noah is a son of five hundred years, and Noah begetteth Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host; — read the full passage →

And God saith, `Let the waters under the heavens be collected unto one place, and let the dry land be seen:' and it is so.

and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.'

and he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, who is Devil and Adversary, and did bind him a thousand years,

and I will give to My two witnesses, and they shall prophesy days, a thousand, two hundred, sixty, arrayed with sackcloth;

this first knowing, that there shall come in the latter end of the days scoffers, according to their own desires going on, — read the full passage →

in which also to the spirits in prison having gone he did preach, — read the full passage →

and Noah <FI>is<Fi> a son of six hundred years, and the deluge of waters hath been upon the earth.

These <FI>are<Fi> births of the heavens and of the earth in their being prepared, in the day of Jehovah God's making earth and heavens; — read the full passage →

messengers also, those who did not keep their own principality, but did leave their proper dwelling, to a judgment of a great day, in bonds everlasting, under darkness He hath kept,

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times, — read the full passage →

the times, indeed, therefore, of the ignorance God having overlooked, doth now command all men everywhere to reform, — read the full passage →

reform ye, therefore, and turn back, for your sins being blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

And when he is sitting on the mount of the Olives, the disciples came near to him by himself, saying, `Tell us, when shall these be? and what <FI>is<Fi> the sign of thy presence, and of the full end of the age?'

And Jehovah hath become king over all the land, In that day there is one Jehovah, and His name one.

Covering himself <FI>with<Fi> light as a garment, Stretching out the heavens as a curtain,

O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat; — read the full passage →

Far be it from Thee to do according to this thing, to put to death the righteous with the wicked; that it hath been--as the righteous so the wicked--far be it from Thee; doth the Judge of all the earth not do justice?'

And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words, — read the full passage →

My bow I have given in the cloud, and it hath been for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth;

And I have established My covenant with you, and all flesh is not any more cut off by waters of a deluge, and there is not any more a deluge to destroy the earth.'

Every creeping thing that is alive, to you it is for food; as the green herb I have given to you the whole;

and Jehovah smelleth the sweet fragrance, and Jehovah saith unto His heart, `I continue not to disesteem any more the ground because of man, though the imagination of the heart of man <FI>is<Fi> evil from his youth; and I continue not to smite any more all living, as I have done;

And in the second month, in the seven and twentieth day of the month, the earth hath become dry.

And God remembereth Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle which <FI>are<Fi> with him in the ark, and God causeth a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subside, — read the full passage →

and the shower is on the earth forty days and forty nights.

And Noah goeth in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, unto the ark, from the presence of the waters of the deluge;

of all the clean beasts thou dost take to thee seven pairs, a male and its female; and of the beasts which are not clean two, a male and its female;

And Jehovah saith to Noah, `Come in, thou and all thy house, unto the ark, for thee I have seen righteous before Me in this generation; — read the full passage →

And the earth is corrupt before God, and the earth is filled <FI>with<Fi> violence. — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass that mankind have begun to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters have been born to them, — read the full passage →

And to the man He said, `Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and dost eat of the tree concerning which I have charged thee, saying, Thou dost not eat of it, cursed <FI>is<Fi> the ground on thine account; in sorrow thou dost eat of it all days of thy life, — read the full passage →

Unto the woman He said, `Multiplying I multiply thy sorrow and thy conception, in sorrow dost thou bear children, and toward thy husband <FI>is<Fi> thy desire, and he doth rule over thee.'

and a mist goeth up from the earth, and hath watered the whole face of the ground.

These <FI>are<Fi> births of the heavens and of the earth in their being prepared, in the day of Jehovah God's making earth and heavens; — read the full passage →

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth-- — read the full passage →

and the great dragon was cast forth--the old serpent, who is called `Devil,' and `the Adversary,' who is leading astray the whole world--he was cast forth to the earth, and his messengers were cast forth with him.

for this is unobserved by them willingly, that the heavens were of old, and the earth out of water and through water standing together by the word of God, — read the full passage →

This, now, beloved, a second letter to you I write, in both which I stir up your pure mind in reminding <FI>you<Fi> , — read the full passage →

For if God messengers who sinned did not spare, but with chains of thick gloom, having cast <FI>them<Fi> down to Tartarus, did deliver <FI>them<Fi> to judgment, having been reserved, — read the full passage →

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times, — read the full passage →

who did give himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of the present evil age, according to the will of God even our Father,

Become not yoked with others--unbelievers, for what partaking <FI>is there<Fi> to righteousness and lawlessness?

for the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world, by the things made being understood, are plainly seen, both His eternal power and Godhead--to their being inexcusable;

And it shall be in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

watch ye, then, in every season, praying that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.'

`And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you, — read the full passage →

the heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words may not pass away.

And Jesus answering said to them, `The sons of this age do marry and are given in marriage, — read the full passage →

`And, as it came to pass in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of Man;

he who hath believed, and hath been baptized, shall be saved; and he who hath not believed, shall be condemned.

for there shall be then great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world till now, no, nor may be. — read the full passage →

And Jesus answering said to them, `Take heed that no one may lead you astray,

`Go ye in through the strait gate, because wide <FI>is<Fi> the gate, and broad the way that is leading to the destruction, and many are those going in through it; — read the full passage →

for in what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged, and in what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you.

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

For thy Maker <FI>is<Fi> thy husband, Jehovah of Hosts <FI>is<Fi> His name, And thy Redeemer <FI>is<Fi> the Holy One of Israel, `God of all the earth,' He is called.

They go up hills--they go down valleys, Unto a place Thou hast founded for them.

The abyss! as with clothing Thou hast covered it, Above hills do waters stand.

He hath founded earth on its bases, It is not moved to the age and for ever.

Where wast thou when I founded earth? Declare, if thou hast known understanding.

and there we saw the Nephilim, sons of Anak, of the Nephilim; and we are in our own eyes as grasshoppers; and so we were in their eyes.'

And Miriam speaketh--Aaron also--against Moses concerning the circumstance of the Cushite woman whom he had taken: for a Cushite woman he had taken;

And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words, — read the full passage →

and the bow hath been in the cloud, and I have seen it--to remember the covenant age-during between God and every living creature among all flesh which <FI>is<Fi> on the earth.'

and I have remembered My covenant which is between Me and you, and every living creature among all flesh, and the waters become no more a deluge to destroy all flesh;

And God saith, `This is a token of the covenant which I am giving between Me and you, and every living creature that <FI>is<Fi> with you, to generations age-during; — read the full passage →