16 A male and a female of every animal went in as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord closed the door behind them.
17 The flood continued for 40 days on the earth. The water increased and lifted the ship so that it rose high above the ground.
18 As the water rose and became very deep, the ship floated on top of the water.
19 The water rose very high above the earth. It covered all the high mountains everywhere under the sky.
20 It rose 23 feet above the mountaintops.
21 Every creature that crawls on the earth died, including birds, domestic and wild animals, and everything that swarms over the earth, along with every human.
22 Everything on dry land (every living, breathing creature) died.