9These are the descendants of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in
his generation; Noah walked with God. 10And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and
Japheth.
11Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with
violence. 12And God saw that the earth was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted
its ways upon the earth. 13And God said to Noah, ‘I have determined to make an
end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence because of them; now I
am going to destroy them along with the earth. 14Make yourself an ark of
cypress wood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch.
15This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits,
its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. 16Make a roof for the
ark, and finish it to a cubit above; and put the door of the ark in its side;
make it with lower, second, and third decks. 17For my part, I am going to bring
a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which
is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die. 18But I will
establish my covenant with you; and you shall come into the ark, you, your
sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you. 19And of every living thing, of
all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to keep them alive
with you; they shall be male and female. 20Of the birds according to their
kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of
the ground according to its kind, two of every kind shall come in to you, to
keep them alive. 21Also take with you every kind of food that is eaten, and
store it up; and it shall serve as food for you and for them.’ 22Noah did this;
he did all that God commanded him.
24And the waters swelled on the earth for one hundred and fifty days.
14In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was
dry. 15Then God said to Noah, 16‘Go out of the ark, you and your wife, and your
sons and your sons’ wives with you. 17Bring out with you every living thing
that is with you of all flesh - birds and animals and every creeping thing that
creeps on the earth - so that they may abound on the earth, and be fruitful and
multiply on the earth.’ 18So Noah went out with his sons and his wife and his
sons’ wives. 19And every animal, every creeping thing, and every bird,
everything that moves on the earth, went out of the ark by families