參考版本 AFV  A  Faithful Version 的希臘文 2009版本

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11. In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on this day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of the heavens were opened.

12. And the rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

13. On this same day, Noah and Shem and Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, entered into the ark.

14. They went in, and every animal after its kind, and all the livestock after their kind, and every crawling thing that crawls upon the earth after its kind, and every fowl after its kind, every bird of every sort.

15. And they went to Noah into the ark, two by two of all flesh in which is the breath of life.

16. And they that entered went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him; and the LORD shut him in.

17. And the flood was upon the earth forty days, and the waters increased and bore up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.

18. And the waters prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark floated upon the face of the waters.

19. And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth, and all the high hills that were under the heavens were covered.

20. The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.

21. And all flesh that moved upon the face of the earth died—of birds, of livestock, of animals, and of every crawling thing that crawls upon the earth, and every man—

22. And all who breathed the breath of life, of all that was upon the dry land—died.

23. And every living thing which was upon the face of the earth was destroyed, from man to livestock, and to the crawling things, and the fowls of the heavens. And they were destroyed from the earth, and only Noah remained alive, and those that were with him in the ark.

24. And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.

 (A Faithful Version)

11. 挪亞六百歲那年，第二個月份十七日，就是這一天，大淵深處的水源炸裂，把天窗湧開了一個大窪。

12. 濠雨足足下了四十晝夜。

13. 同一天，挪亞和家人，有妻子、兒子閃、含、雅弗，及三位兒媳，就進了方舟。

14. 和他們一起進去方舟，有各類走獸，牲畜。爬行的昆蟲、飛禽等。

15. 這些有肉身，有氣息的，一對對進入到挪亞的方舟裡面。

16. 各類有肉身的活物，無論性別是雌或雄，一一按照耶和華囑咐的都進去後。耶和華就把方舟的入口關上。

17. 洪水不停下著，足有四十天之久，水勢把方舟浮離地面。

18. 水勢浩大，不斷升離地面，方舟就癲浮在水面上。

19. 這超乎尋常的大水，連山都掩埋。

20. 這水比最高的山，高度超過十五肘，所有的山全都浸在水下。

21. 在大地沒有進到方舟的，包括各類走獸，牲畜。爬行的昆蟲、飛禽等，以及那些留下來的人。

22. 一切在地上活著的，有氣息的活物，全都溺斃。

23. 地上各類走獸，牲畜。爬行的昆蟲、飛禽等，從人到牲畜，有氣息的全都從地上消失。只有挪亞，以及在方舟裡與他一起的依舊氣息仍在。

24. 洪水落下足一百五十天。

https://catholic-resources.org/Bible/Festivals.htm  Biblical Pilgrimage Festivals and Major Feast Days of Ancient Israel and Modern Judaism . 當中沒有記念洪水，往後耶和華以彩虹為記，似乎不單是挪亞一家，而是為全人類預備。

這意味什麼？

那是由拉麥之後，世界重新由信耶和華，繼承了亞當這位創造。這家人，選擇了知識，培養出自控，再不受人的自由所傷害。當時連挪亞在內，就有四個家庭，在新世界新社會中重新開始生活。

這新世界，會是怎樣的開展，後果會是怎樣？

這地因洪水影響，改變了不少，環境不斷的變化，應對這樣的變化就必然引起不同的應變，這代人會守住做人處事，按無私和自控去生活，不竟有同一的經歷。只是，下一代、或是再下一代，到第三代仍能守住？按舊約的記述，不能。

這些敬虔之後，是因為什麼守不住？他們的理由跟現在的人，相似嗎？這半年多的日子，是人生的靜默期，簡單枯燥，對其他的動物和禽烏有更多的認識，會否就是人對科學知識的起源？世界對人，就是個理性和感性的樂園，創造各樣物事，來安定生活。因為無憂的樂園，太過單調。人有好奇和追求的衝動，似耶和華的樣式。

如果覺得這創世的記載，對你有助理解耶和華和人的關係，也請多多分享！