Genesis 7. God’s Provision and Judgement
7 And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
5 And Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him.
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
14 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in.
17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:
22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.
Two By Two (Pray.com)
When the skies turned black and the ground cried loud
I built an ark while the world laughed proud
The rain ain’t falling yet I feel the calling
Hammer in my hand while the crowd keeps hollering
They drink and dance while I stack the beams
But I saw the vision in my sleep and dreams
They say I’ crazy, say I’ wrong
But I got a task and the storm ain’t long
Gotta gather life two by two
In a world gone cold, I got to see this through
I watched the skies with a heavy heart
Watched you build while the world fell apart
They mocked your faith, but I saw it too
We spoke in silence and I always knew
You built with pain, but you stood your ground
And when the thunder rolled, no one laughed out loud
I helped you load those sacred doors
And pray for grace when the heavens poured
Two by two we marched in slow,
While the skies broke wide and the rivers rose
The world got washed but we held tight
In a boat full of mercy on a flood filled night,
Lightning cracked and a shadow flew
But hope was born when the first dove flew
Yeah, two by two we faced the tide
With the promise above and love inside
Forty nights, forty days of crying
Every heartbeat felt like we were dying
But we held hands in the pitch-black dark
With every creak of that wooden ark
You said, “Hold on, don’t lose your flame,”
And I felt peace in the middle of rain.
We weren’t perfect but He made a way
To build again on a brighter day
When the dove came back with green
We knew we’d live, we’d plant, we’d dream,
A rainbow appears high and wide
His promise shown up in the sky
Two by two, the tears were real
The ark held strong on a sea that healed
When the world got loud, we listened low
To a God who speaks in undertows
Now we stand where the new grass grows
With mud on our boots and a holy glow
Two by two and we still believe
There’s grace in the flood and peace when we grieve
Two by two the tears were real
But the ark held strong on a sea that healed
When the world got loud, we listened low
To a God who speaks in undertows
Now we stand where the new grass grows
With mud on our boots and a holy glow
Two by tow and we still believe
There’s grace in the flood and peace when we grieve
Rick McCollum
