So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so.

And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so.

Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth and no plant had yet sprung up, for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no one to work the ground,

but streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.

So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh.

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.

By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.”

And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.”

Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and raise livestock.

His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play stringed instruments and pipes.

When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he became the father of Jared.

After he became the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.

When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch.

After he became the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.

Altogether, Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.

He named him Noah and said, “He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the Lord has cursed.”

After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth.

Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth.

Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening one cubit high all around. Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks.

I am going to bring floodwaters 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.

Noah did everything just as God commanded him.

Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and one pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate,

Pairs of clean and unclean animals, of birds and of all creatures that move along the ground,