Genesis 6:6–19

⁶And Yahweh regretted that he had made humankind on the earth, and he was grieved in his heart.^{d 7}And Yahweh said, “I will destroy humankind whom I created from upon the face of the earth, from humankind, to animals, to creeping things, and to the birds of heaven,^e for I regret that I have made them.” ⁸But Noah found favor in the eyes of Yahweh.

⁹These are the generations^f of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, without defect in his generations. Noah walked with God. ¹⁰And Noah fathered three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. ¹¹And the earth was corrupted before God, and the earth was filled with violence. ¹²And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth. ¹³And God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before me, for the earth was filled with violence because of them. Now, look, I am going to destroy them along with the earth. ¹⁴Make for yourself an ark of cypress wood; you must make the ark with rooms, then^g you must cover it with pitch, inside and outside. ¹⁵And this is how you must make it: the length of the ark, three hundred cubits; its width fifty cubits; its height, thirty cubits. ¹⁶You must make a roof for the ark, and finish it to a cubit above.^h And as for the door of the ark, you must put it in its side. You must make it with a lower, second, and a third deck.

¹⁷And I, behold, I am about to bring the flood waters over the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life from under the heaven;ⁱ everything that is on the earth shall perish. ¹⁸And I will establish my covenant with you, and you must go into the ark—you, and your sons, and your wife, and the wives of your sons with you. ¹⁹And of every living thing, from all flesh, you must bring two from every kind into the ark to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.