Genesis 6:9-22

New King James Version

Noah Pleases God

⁹This is the genealogy of Noah. ^(A)Noah was a just man, ^[a]perfect in his generations. Noah ^(B)walked with God. ¹⁰And Noah begot three sons: ^(C)Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

¹¹The earth also was corrupt ^(D)before God, and the earth was ^(E)filled with violence. ¹²So God ^(F)looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for ^(G)all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.

The Ark Prepared^(H)

¹³And God said to Noah, ^(I)“The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; ^(J)and behold, ^(K)I will destroy them with the earth. ¹⁴Make yourself an ark of gopherwood; make ^[b]rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch. ¹⁵And this is how you shall make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred ^[c]cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. ¹⁶You shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; and set the door of the ark in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third decks. ¹⁷^(L)And behold, I Myself am bringing ^(M)floodwaters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall ^(N)die. ¹⁸But I will establish My ^(O)covenant with you; and ^(P)you shall go 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 ^(Q)two of every sort into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. ²⁰Of the birds after their kind, of animals after their kind, and of every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of every kind ^(R)will come to you to keep them alive. ²¹And you shall take for yourself of all food that is eaten, and you shall gather it to yourself; and it shall be food for you and for them.”