¹⁷ “I myself am about to bring a flood of waters on the earth, in order to destroy all flesh under the sky that has the breath of life. Everything that is on the earth will die, ¹⁸ but I will establish my covenant^[a] with you. You shall come into the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you. ¹⁹ You shall bring a pair (male and female) of every kind of living flesh into the ark with you to keep them alive.