10 Noah begot three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 But the earth was corrupt in the view of God and full of lawlessness.
12 When God saw how corrupt the earth had become, since all mortals had corrupted their ways on earth,
13 God said to Noah: I see that the end of all mortals has come, for the earth is full of lawlessness because of them. So I am going to destroy them with the earth.
14 Make yourself an ark of gopherwood, equip the ark with various compartments, and cover it inside and out with pitch.
15 This is how you shall build it: the length of the ark will be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.
16 Make an opening for daylight and finish the ark a cubit above it. Put the ark’s entrance on its side; you will make it with bottom, second and third decks.