Genesis 6:9-22
This is the story of Noah.
He had
three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Noah had no faults and was the only
good man of his time. He lived in fellowship with God, but everyone else was evil in
God’s sight, and violence has spread everywhere. God looked at the world and
saw that it was evil, for the people were all living evil lives.
God said to Noah, “I have decided to
put an end to all mankind. I will destroy them completely, because the world is
full of their violent deeds. Build a boat for yourself out of good timber, make
rooms in it and cover it with tar inside and out.
Make it 450 feet long, 75 feet wide,
and 45 feet high. Make a roof for the boat and leave a space of 18 inches
between the roof and the sides. Build it with three decks and put a door on the
side. I am going to send a flood on the
earth to destroy every living being.
Everything on the earth will die, but I will make a covenant with you. Go into
the boat with your wife, your sons, and their wives. Take into the boat with
you a male and a female of every kind of animal and of every kind of bird, in
order to keep them alive. Take along all kinds of food for you and for them.”
Noah did everything that God commanded.