Noah entered the ark along with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives because of the floodwaters.

The waters completely overwhelmed the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.

On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on one of the mountains of Ararat.

At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window he had made in the ark

He waited seven more days and then sent out the dove again from the ark.

“Come out of the ark, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons’ wives with you.

The dove could not find a resting place for its feet because water still covered the surface of the entire earth, and so it returned to Noah in the ark. He stretched out his hand, took the dove, and brought it back into the ark.

Make for yourself an ark of cypress wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover it with pitch inside and out.

This is how you should make it: The ark is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.

Make a roof for the ark and finish it, leaving 18 inches from the top. Put a door in the side of the ark, and make lower, middle, and upper decks.

but I will confirm my covenant with you. You will enter the ark – you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.

You must bring into the ark two of every kind of living creature from all flesh, male and female, to keep them alive with you.

The Lord said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you and all your household, for I consider you godly among this generation.

male and female, came into the ark to Noah, just as God had commanded him.

On that very day Noah entered the ark, accompanied by his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, along with his wife and his sons’ three wives.

Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life came into the ark to Noah.

The flood engulfed the earth for forty days. As the waters increased, they lifted the ark and raised it above the earth.

Every living creature, every creeping thing, every bird, and everything that moves on the earth went out of the ark in their groups.

and with every living creature that is with you, including the birds, the domestic animals, and every living creature of the earth with you, all those that came out of the ark with you – every living creature of the earth.

The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Now Ham was the father of Canaan.)