Noah Prepares for the Flood

6:9-22

9 These are the generations of Noah: He was a righteous man. He was without blemish in his generation. Noah walked with God. 10 And Noah fathered three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11 Now the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12 And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupted, because all flesh on the earth had corrupted its way. 13 So God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before me, because the earth is filled with violence because of them. So behold, I am destroying them with the earth. 14 Make an ark for yourself out of gopher wood. Make the ark with rooms, and cover it inside and outside with a covering. 15 And this is how you must make it: the length of the ark must be 300 cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. 16 Make a window for the ark and finish it to within one cubit from the top. And put the door of the ark in its side. Make a lower, a second, and a third deck. 17 And I, behold, I am bringing floodwaters on the earth to destroy all flesh that has the breath of life in it from under the heavens. Everything that is on the earth will expire! 18 But I will establish my covenant with you, so you must go into the ark, you and your sons and your wife and the wives of your sons with you. 19 And from every living creature, from all flesh, you must bring two from each kind into the ark to keep alive with you. They must be male and female. 20 From the birds according to their kinds, and from the animals according to their kinds, from every moving creature of the ground according to its kind, two from every kind will come to you to keep alive. 21 And you must take with you some of every food that is eaten and store it with you, and it will be food for you and for them.” 22 And Noah did that; according to all that God had commanded him, so he did.