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.
23 The Lord wiped out every being on earth: human beings and animals, the crawling things and the birds of the air; all were wiped out from the earth. Only Noah and those with him in the ark were left.