⁵ The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth,^(A) and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.^{(B) 6} The Lord regretted^(C) that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. ⁷ So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth^(D) the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.^(E)” ⁸ But Noah^(F) found favor in the eyes of the Lord.^(G)

Noah and the Flood

⁹ This is the account^(H) of Noah and his family.

Noah was a righteous man, blameless^(I) among the people of his time,^(J) and he walked faithfully with God.^(K)

¹⁴ So make yourself an ark of cypress^[a] wood;^(A) make rooms in it and coat it with pitch^(B) inside and out.

¹⁹ You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.^(A)

²² Noah did everything just as God commanded him.^(A)

¹⁶ The animals going in were male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah.^(A) Then the Lord shut him in.

¹⁷ For forty days^(B) the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth. ¹⁸ The waters rose and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water.