16 Those that entered were male and female; of all creatures they came, as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord shut him in.
17 The flood continued upon the earth for forty days. As the waters increased, they lifted the ark, so that it rose above the earth.
18 The waters swelled and increased greatly on the earth, but the ark floated on the surface of the waters.
19 Higher and higher on the earth the waters swelled, until all the highest mountains under the heavens were submerged.
20 The waters swelled fifteen cubits higher than the submerged mountains.
21 All creatures that moved on earth perished: birds, tame animals, wild animals, and all that teemed on the earth, as well as all humankind.
22 Everything on dry land with the breath of life in its nostrils died.