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Genesis 6:11-22

Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight, and the earth was filled with
violence.  And God saw that the earth was corrupt; for all flesh had
corrupted its ways upon the earth.  And God said to Noah, "I have
determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with
violence because of them; now I am going to destroy them along with the
earth.  Make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in the ark, and
cover it inside and out with pitch.  This is how you are to make it: the
length of the ark three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its
height thirty cubits.  Make a roof for the ark, and finish it to a cubit
above; and put the door of the ark in its side; make it with lower,
second, and third decks.  For my part, I am going to bring a flood of
waters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is
the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die.  But I will
establish my covenant with you; and you shall come into the ark, you, your
sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.  And of every living
thing, of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to
keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. Of the birds
according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of
every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every
kind shall come in to you, to keep them alive.  Also take with you every
kind of food that is eaten, and store it up; and it shall serve as food
for you and for them."  Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.