12. Rain fell on the earth for 40 days and 40 nights.
13. On that same day Noah entered the ark together with Shem, Ham and Japheth. Noah's wife and the wives of his three sons also entered it.
14. They had every kind of wild animal with them. They had every kind of livestock. They had every kind of creature that moves along the ground. And they had every kind of bird that flies.
15. Pairs of all living creatures that breathe came to Noah and entered the ark.
16. The animals going in were male and female of every living thing. Everything happened exactly as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord shut him in.
17. For 40 days the flood kept coming on the earth. As the waters rose higher, they lifted the ark high above the earth.
18. The waters rose higher and higher on the earth. And the ark floated on the water.