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15 Pairs of every kind of animal that lived came to Noah and went into the ship.[a] 16 Each pair was one male and one female. This happened in the way that God had told Noah. When they were all in the ship, the Lord shut the door.

17 For 40 days, the water on the earth became deeper. The water lifted the ship high above the ground.

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Footnotes

  1. 7:15 The fish and other beings that always live in the sea were safe in the deep water. See Genesis 1:21-25.

15 Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life in them came to Noah and entered the ark.(A) 16 The animals going in were male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah.(B) Then the Lord shut him in.

17 For forty days(C) the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth.

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