10. Seven days later the flood started. The rain began to fall on the earth.
11-13. On the 17th day of the second month, when Noah was 600 years old, the springs under the earth broke through the ground, and water flowed out everywhere. The sky also opened like windows and rain poured down. The rain fell on the earth for 40 days and 40 nights. That same day Noah went into the boat with his wife, his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and their wives.
14. They and every kind of animal on the earth were in the boat. Every kind of cattle, every kind of animal that crawls on the earth, and every kind of bird were in the boat.
15. All these animals went into the boat with Noah. They came in groups of two from every kind of animal that had the breath of life.
16. All these animals went into the boat in groups of two, just as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord closed the door behind Noah.