Genesis 6:12-21 (New International Version)
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God saw how corrupt1 the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.2
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So God said to Noah, "I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy3 both them and the earth.4
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So make yourself an ark of cypressa wood;5 make rooms in it and coat it with pitch6 inside and out.
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This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high.b
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Make a roof for it and finishc the ark to within 18 inchesd of the top. Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks.
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I am going to bring floodwaters7 on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish.8
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But I will establish my covenant with you,9 and you will enter the ark10--you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you.
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You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.11
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Two12 of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind13 of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive.14
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You are to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them."
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