10. He had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11. People on earth did what God said was evil, and violence was everywhere.
12. When God saw that everyone on the earth did only evil,
13. he said to Noah, “Because people have made the earth full of violence, I will destroy all of them from the earth.
14. Build a boat of cypress wood for yourself. Make rooms in it and cover it inside and outside with tar.
15. This is how big I want you to build the boat: four hundred fifty feet long, seventy-five feet wide, and forty-five feet high.