6. The Lord was sorry that he had made people on the earth. It made him very sad in his heart.
7. So the Lord said, “I will destroy all the people I created on the earth. I will destroy every person and every animal and everything that crawls on the earth. And I will destroy all the birds in the air, because I am sorry that I have made them.”
8. But Noah pleased the Lord.
9. This is the history of Noah’s family. He was a good man all his life, and he always followed God.
10. Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11-12. When God looked at the earth, he saw that people had ruined it. Violence was everywhere, and it had ruined their life on earth.
13. So God said to Noah, “Everyone has filled the earth with anger and violence. So I will destroy all living things. I will remove them from the earth.
14. Use cypress wood and build a boat for yourself. Make rooms in the boat and cover it with tar inside and out.
15. “This is the size I want you to make the boat: 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.