God said to Noah, "I

mankind. I will destroy them completely, because the world is

full of their violent deeds. Build a boat for yourself out of good

timber; make rooms in it and cover it with tars inside and out

Make it 133

metres on

g, 22 metres wide, and 13 metres high

Make a roof for the boat and leave a space of 44 centimeters

between the roof and the sides. Build it with three decks and

put a door in the side. I am going to send a flood on the earth

to destroy every living being. Everything on the earth will die

but I will make a covenant I with you. Go into the boat with

your wife, your sons, and their wives. Take into the boat with

you a male"and a female of every kind of animal and of ev

ery kind of bird, in order to keep them alive. Take along all

kinds of food for you and for them. "Noah did everything that

God commanded

The LORD said to Noah, "Go into the boat with your

whole family; I have found that you are the only one in all the

world who does what is right. Take with you seven pairs of

each kind of ritually"clean animal, but only one pair of each

kind of unclean animal. Take also seven pairs of each kind of

bird. Do this so that every kind of animal and bird will be kept

alive to reproduce. again on the

earth. Seven days from now I am

going to send rain that will fall for

orty days and nights, in order to

destroy all the living beings that I

ave made. "And Noah did ever.