Noah was a righteous man, blameless^j among the people of his time,^k and he walked faithfully with God.^l ¹⁰Noah had three sons: Shem,^m Ham and Japheth.ⁿ

¹¹Now the earth was corrupt^o in God’s sight and was full of violence.^p ¹²God saw how corrupt^q the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.^r ¹³So 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^s both them and the earth.^t ¹⁴So make yourself an ark of cypress^c wood;^u make rooms in it and coat it with pitch^v inside and out. ¹⁵This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high.^d ¹⁶Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening one cubit^e high all around.^f Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks. ¹⁷I am going to bring floodwaters^w 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.^x ¹⁸But I will establish my covenant with you,^y and you will enter the ark^z—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you. ¹⁹You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.^a ²⁰Two^b of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind^c of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive.^d ²¹You are to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them.”

²²Noah did everything just as God commanded him.^e

Read in Logos

Genesis 6:18: But I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.

Footnotes

cThe meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
dThat is, about 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high or about 135 meters long, 23 meters wide and 14 meters high
eThat is, about 18 inches or about 45 centimeters
fThe meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.

Cross references

g Eze 14:14
h Ge 19:19; 39:4; Ex 33:12, 13, 17; 34:9; Nu 11:15; Ru 2:2; Lk 1:30; Ac 7:46
iSee Ge 2:4
j Ge 17:1; Dt 18:13; 2 Sa 22:24; Job 1:1; 4:6; 9:21; 12:4; 31:6; Ps 15:2; 18:23; 19:13; 37:37; Pr 2:7
k Ge 7:1; Ps 37:39; Jer 15:1; Eze 14:14, 20; Da 10:11; See Lk 1:6; Heb 11:7; 2 Pe 2:5
lSee Ge 5:22
m Lk 3:36
nSee Ge 5:32
o Dt 31:29; Jdg 2:19
p Ps 7:9; 73:6; Eze 7:23; 8:17; 28:16; Mal 2:16
q Ex 32:7; Dt 4:16; 9:12, 24
r Ps 14:1–3
s Dt 28:63; 2 Ki 8:19; Ezr 9:14; Jer 44:11
tver 17; Ge 7:4, 21–23; Job 34:15; Isa 5:6; 24:1–3; Jer 44:27; Eze 7:2–3
u Heb 11:7; 1 Pe 3:20
v Ex 2:3
w Ps 29:10
xSee ver 7, See 13; 2 Pe 2:5
y Ge 9:9–16; 17:7; 19:12; Ex 6:4; 34:10, 27; Dt 29:13, 14–15; Ps 25:10; 74:20; 106:45; Isa 55:3; Jer 32:40; Eze 16:60; Hag 2:5; 1 Pe 3:20
z Ge 7:1, 7, 13
a Ge 7:15
b Ge 7:15
cSee Ge 1:11
d Ge 7:3
e Ge 7:5, 9, 16; Ex 7:6; 39:43; 40:16, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 32