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 timber and build a boat. Put rooms in it and cover it with tar inside and out.
15. Make it one hundred and thirty-three metres long, twenty-two metres wide, and thirteen metres high.
16. Build a roof on the boat and leave a space of about forty-four centimetres between the roof and the sides. Make the boat three storeys high and put a door on one side.
17. I'm going to send a flood that will destroy everything that breathes! Nothing will be left alive.
18. But I solemnly promise that you, your wife, your sons, and your daughters-in-law will be kept safe in the boat.
19-20. Bring into the boat with you a male and a female of every kind of animal and bird, as well as a male and a female of every reptile. I don't want them to be destroyed.
21. Store up enough food both for yourself and for them.