¹¹ People on earth did what God said was evil. Violence was everywhere. ¹² And God saw this evil. All people on the earth did only evil. ¹³ So God said to Noah, “People have made the earth full of violence. So I will destroy all people from the earth. ¹⁴ Build a boat of cypress wood for yourself. Make rooms in it and cover it inside and outside with tar. ¹⁵ This is how big I want you to build the boat: 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high. ¹⁶ Make an opening around the top of the boat. Make it 18 inches high from the edge of the roof down. Put a door in the side of the boat. Make an upper, middle and lower deck in it. ¹⁷ I will bring a flood of water on the earth. I will destroy all living things that live under the sky. This includes everything that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will die. ¹⁸ But I will make an agreement with you. You, your sons, your wife and your sons’ wives will all go into the boat. ¹⁹ Also, you must bring into the boat two of every living thing, male and female. Keep them alive with you. ²⁰ There will be two of every kind of bird, animal and crawling thing. They will come to you to be kept alive. ²¹ Also gather some of every kind of food. Store it on the boat as food for you and the animals.”

²² Noah did everything that God commanded him.

⁸ Then God said to Noah and his sons, ⁹ “Now I am making my agreement with you and your people who will live after you. ¹⁰ And I also make it with every living thing that is with you. It is with the birds, the tame animals and the wild animals. It is with all that came out of the boat with you. I make my agreement with every living thing on earth. ¹¹ I make this agreement with you: I will never again destroy all living things by floodwaters. A flood will never again destroy the earth.”

¹² And God said, “I am making an agreement between me and you and every living creature that is with you. It will continue from now on. This is the sign: ¹³ I am putting my rainbow in the clouds. It is the sign of the agreement between me and the earth.