8 But the Lord was pleased with Noah,
9 and this is the story about him. Noah was the only person who lived right and obeyed God.
10 He had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11-12 God knew that everyone was terribly cruel and violent.
13 So he told Noah:Cruelty and violence have spread everywhere. Now I'm going to destroy the whole earth and all its people.
14 Get some good timber and build a boat. Put rooms in it and cover it with tar inside and out.
15 Make it one hundred and thirty-three metres long, twenty-two metres wide, and thirteen metres high.