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12 the ways of his father, and he died in the hundred and ninety-fifth year of the life of Noah.

And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy years, and he died.

And all the sons of men who knew the Lord, died in that year before the Lord brought evil upon them; for the Lord willed them to die, so as not to behold the evil that God would bring upon their brothers and relatives, as he had so declared to do.

In that time, the Lord said to Noah and Methuselah, Stand forth and proclaim to the sons of men all the words that I spoke to you in those days, peradventure they may turn from their evil ways, and I will then repent of the evil and will not bring it.

And Noah and Methuselah stood forth, and said in the ears of the sons of men, all that God had spoken concerning them.

But the sons of men would not hearken, neither would they incline their ears to all their declarations.

And it was after this that the Lord said to Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me, on account of their evil deeds, and behold I will destroy the earth.

And do thou take unto thee gopher wood, and go to a certain place and make a large ark, and place it in that spot.

And thus shalt thou make it; three hundred cubits its length, fifty cubits broad and thirty cubits high.

And thou shalt make unto thee a door, open at its side, and to a cubit thou shalt finish above, and cover it within and without with pitch.

And behold I will bring the flood of waters upon the earth, and all flesh be destroyed, from under the heavens all that is upon earth shall perish.

And thou and thy household shall go and gather two couple of all living things, male and female, and shall bring them to the ark, to raise up seed from them upon earth.

And gather unto thee all food that is eaten by all the animals, that there may be food for thee and for them.

And thou shalt choose for thy sons three maidens, from the daughters of men, and they shall be wives to thy sons.

And Noah rose up, and he made the ark, in the place where God had commanded him, and Noah did as God had ordered him.

In his five hundred and ninety-fifth year Noah commenced to make the ark, and he made the ark in five years, as the Lord had commanded.

Then Noah took the three daughters of Eliakim, son of Methuselah, for wives for his sons, as the Lord had commanded Noah.

And it was at that time Methuselah the son of Enoch died, nine hundred and sixty years old was he, at his death.

 

At that time, after the death of Methuselah, the Lord said to Noah, Go thou with thy household into the ark; behold I will gather to thee all the animals of the earth, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air, and they shall all come and surround the ark.

And thou shalt go and seat thyself by the doors of the ark, and all the beasts, the animals, and the fowls, shall assemble and place themselves