16. Make a roof for the ship, and leave an 18-inch-high opening at the top. Put a door in the side of the ship. Build the ship with lower, middle, and upper decks.
17. I’m about to send a flood on the earth to destroy all people under the sky—every living, breathing human. Everything on earth will die.
18. “But I will make my promise to you. You, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives will go into the ship.
19. Bring two of every living creature into the ship in order to keep them alive with you. They must be male and female.
20. Two of every type of bird, every type of domestic animal, and every type of creature that crawls on the ground will come to you to be kept alive.
21. Take every kind of food that can be eaten and store it. It will be food for you and the animals.”