8 But as for Noah, the Lord approved of him.
9 These are Noah’s descendants. In his generation, Noah was a moral and exemplary man; he walked with God.
10 Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 In God’s sight, the earth had become corrupt and was filled with violence.
12 God saw that the earth was corrupt, because all creatures behaved corruptly on the earth.
13 God said to Noah, “The end has come for all creatures, since they have filled the earth with violence. I am now about to destroy them along with the earth,
14 so make a wooden ark. Make the ark with nesting places and cover it inside and out with tar.