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 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.