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 lumber and build a boat. Put rooms in it and cover it with tar inside and out.
15 Make it 133 meters long, 22 meters wide, and 13 meters high.
16 Build a roof on the boat and leave a space of about 44 centimeters between the roof and the sides. Make the boat three stories high and put a door on one side.
17 I'm going to send a flood that will destroy everything that breathes! Nothing will be left alive.
18 But I solemnly promise that you, your wife, your sons, and your daughters-in-law will be kept safe in the boat.