7  And Jehovah said, I will destroy Man, whom I have created, from the earth—from man to cattle, to creeping things, and to fowl of the heavens; for I repent that I have made them.

8  But Noah found favour in the eyes of Jehovah. 9  This is the history of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect amongst his generations: Noah walked with God. 10  And Noah begot three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11  And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was full of violence. 12  And God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted its way on the earth.

13  And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me, for the earth is full of violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 14  Make thyself an ark of gopher wood: with cells shalt thou make the ark; and pitch it inside and outside with pitch. 15  And thus shalt thou make it: let the length of the ark be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 16  A light shalt thou make to the ark; and to a cubit high shalt thou finish it above. And the door of the ark shalt thou set in its side: with a lower, second, and third story shalt thou make it. 17  For I, behold, I bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all flesh under the heavens in which is the breath of life: everything that is on the earth shall expire.