Page 11 The First Book of Moses: The Old Testament of the King James Version of the Bible

Page 11 The First Book of Moses: The Old Testament of the King James Version of the Bible

7:17  And  the  flood  was  forty  days 

 upon  the  earth;  and  the  waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. 7:18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. 7:19  And  the  waters  prevailed  exceedingly  upon  the  earth;  and  all  the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. 7:20  Fifteen  cubits  upward  did  the  waters  prevail;  and  the  mountains were covered. 7:21  And  all  flesh  died  that  moved  upon  the  earth,  both  of  fowl,  and  of cattle,  and  of  beast,  and  of  every  creeping  thing  that  creepeth  upon  the earth, and every man: 7:22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. 7:23  And  every  living  substance  was  destroyed  which  was  upon  the  face of  the  ground,  both  man,  and  cattle,  and  the  creeping  things,  and  the  fowl  of the  heaven;  and  they  were  destroyed  from  the  earth:  and  Noah  only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. 7:24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days. 8:1  And  God  remembered  Noah,  and  every  living  thing,  and  all  the  cattle that  was  with  him  in  the  ark:  and  God  made  a  wind  to  pass  over  the  earth, and  the  waters  asswaged;  8:2  The  fountains  also  of  the  deep  and  the windows  of  heaven  were  stopped,  and  the  rain  from  heaven  was  restrained; 8:3  And  the  waters  returned  from  off  the  earth  continually:  and  after  the  end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. 8:4  And  the  ark  rested  in  the  seventh  month,  on  the  seventeenth  day  of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. 8:5  And  the  waters  decreased  continually  until  the  tenth  month:  in  the tenth  month,  on  the  first  day  of  the  month,  were  the  tops  of  the  mountains seen. 8:6  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  end  of  forty  days,  that  Noah  opened  the window  of  the  ark  which  he  had  made:  8:7  And  he  sent  forth  a  raven,  which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. 8:8  Also  he  sent  forth  a  dove  from  him,  to  see  if  the  waters  were  abated from  off  the  face  of  the  ground;  8:9  But  the  dove  found  no  rest  for  the  sole of  her  foot,  and  she  returned  unto  him  into  the  ark,  for  the  waters  were  on