(Turns to other sons.)
Have done, ye men and women all,
Hie ye, lest the water fall.
Of clean beasts, seven shall be,
Of unclean, two; thus God bade me;
The flood is nigh, I plainly see;
Wherefore hasten ye,
And see now that each beastie be in stall.
(Shem and Ham go out. Noah turns his back and laments):
And Japheth hath forsaken me—my son!
O my son Japheth, O my son, my son!
Noah's Wife (mocking):
Why dost thou grieve? The Lord hath promised thee,
Thou shalt be saved and all thy family.
Noah (turning):
Yea, it is well, and God doth not deceive.
He will return again, I do believe.
Ham (returns):