Genesis 6:8-22

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⁸ But Noah^(A) found favor in the eyes of the Lord.^(B)

Noah and the Flood

⁹ This is the account^(C) of Noah and his family.

Noah was a righteous man, blameless^(D) among the people of his time,^(E) and he walked faithfully with God.^{(F) 10} Noah had three sons: Shem,^(G) Ham and Japheth.^(H)

¹¹ Now the earth was corrupt^(I) in God’s sight and was full of violence.^{(J) 12} God saw how corrupt^(K) the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.^{(L) 13} So God said to Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy^(M) both them and the earth.^{(N) 14} So make yourself an ark of cypress^[a] wood;^(O) make rooms in it and coat it with pitch^(P) inside and out. ¹⁵ This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high.^{[b] 16} Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening one cubit^[c] high all around.^[d] Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks. ¹⁷ I am going to bring floodwaters^(Q) on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish.^{(R) 18} But I will establish my covenant with you,^(S) and you will enter the ark^(T)—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you. ¹⁹ You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.^{(U) 20} Two^(V) of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind^(W) of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive.^{(X) 21} You are to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them.”

²² Noah did everything just as God commanded him.^(Y)