²³ He wiped out every living thing that was on the surface of the ground, from mankind to livestock, to creatures that crawl, to the birds of the sky, and they were wiped off the earth. Only Noah was left, and those that were with him in the ark.^(A)

⁵ They willfully ignore this: Long ago the heavens and the earth were brought about from water and through water^(A) by the word of God.^{(B) 6} Through these waters the world of that time perished when it was flooded.^(C)