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15 So they came to Noah into the ark, (A)by twos of all flesh in which was the breath of life. 16 And those that entered, male and female of all flesh, entered as God had commanded him; and Yahweh closed it behind him.

17 Then the flood [a]came upon the earth for (B)forty days, and the water multiplied and lifted up the ark, so that it rose above the earth.

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  1. Genesis 7:17 Lit was

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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