16. And those that entered went in male and female, from all that is flesh, just as God had instructed him. And then the Lord closed him in from the outside.
17. And the great flood occurred for forty days upon the earth. And the waters were increased, and they lifted the ark high above the land.
18. For they overflowed greatly, and they filled everything on the surface of the earth. And then the ark was carried across the waters.
19. And the waters prevailed beyond measure across the earth. And all the lofty mountains under the whole heaven were covered.
20. The water was fifteen cubits higher than the mountains which it covered.
21. And all flesh was consumed which moved upon the earth: flying things, animals, wild beasts, and all moving things that crawl upon the ground. And all men,
22. and everything in which there is the breath of life on earth, died.
23. And he wiped away all substance that was upon the earth, from man to animal, the crawling things just as much as the flying things of the air. And they were wiped away from the earth. But only Noah remained, and those who were with him in the ark.
24. And the waters possessed the earth for one hundred and fifty days.