¹⁸ But I will establish my covenant with you,^(A) and you will enter the ark^(B)—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.

⁷ By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen,^(A) in holy fear built an ark^(B) to save his family.^(C) By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith.^(D)

⁷ I will establish my covenant^(A) as an everlasting covenant^(B) between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God^(C) and the God of your descendants after you.^(D)

¹³ On that very day Noah and his sons,^(A) Shem, Ham and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three sons, entered the ark.^(B)

⁷ And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives entered the ark^(A) to escape the waters of the flood.

⁵ if he did not spare the ancient world^(A) when he brought the flood on its ungodly people,^(B) but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;^(C)

²⁰ to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently^(A) in the days of Noah while the ark was being built.^(B) In it only a few people, eight in all,^(C) were saved^(D) through water,

7 The Lord then said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and your whole family,^(A) because I have found you righteous^(B) in this generation.