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Rh  And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Noah, and the Lord remembered him.

And a wind passed over the earth, and the waters were still and the ark rested.

And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.

And the waters decreased in those days, and the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat.

And Noah then opened the windows of the ark, and Noah still called out to the Lord at that time and he said, O Lord, who didst form the earth and the heavens and all that are therein, bring forth our souls from this confinement, and from the prison wherein thou hast placed us, for I am much wearied with sighing.

And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Noah, and said to him, When though shalt have completed a full year thou shalt then go forth.

And at the revolution of the year, when a full year was completed to Noah's dwelling in the ark, the waters were dried from off the earth, and Noah put off the covering of the ark.

At that time, on the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth was dry, but Noah and his sons, and those that were with him, did not go out from the ark until the Lord told them.

And the day came that the Lord told them to go out, and they all went out from the ark.

And they went and returned every one to his way and to his place, and Noah and his sons dwelt in the land that God had told them, and they served the Lord all their days, and the Lord blessed Noah and his sons on their going out from the ark.

And he said to them, Be fruitful and fill all the earth; become strong and increase abundantly in the earth and multiply therein.

 

And these are the names of the sons of Noah: Japheth, Ham and Shem; and children were born to them after the flood, for they had taken wives before the flood.

These are the sons of Japheth; Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras, seven sons.

And the sons of Gomer were Askinaz, Rephath and Tegarmah.

And the sons of Magog were Elichanaf and Lubal.

And the children of Madai were Achon, Zeelo, Chazoni and Lot.

And the sons of Javan were Elisha, Tarshish, Chittim and Dudonim.

And the sons of Tubal were Ariphi, Kesed and Taari.

And the sons of Meshech were Dedon, Zaron and Shebashni.

And the sons of Tiras were Benib, Gera, Lupirion and Gilak; these are the sons of Japheth according to their families, and their numbers in those days were about four hundred and sixty men.

And these are the sons of Ham; Cush, Mitzraim, Phut and Canaan, four sons; and the sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama and Satecha, and the sons of Raama were Sheba and Dedan.

And the sons of Mitzraim were Lud, Anom and Pathros, Chasloth and Chaphtor.

And the sons of Phut were Gebul, Hadan, Benah and Adan.

