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.
19. The waters rose on the earth until all of the high mountains under the entire sky were covered.
20. The waters continued to rise until they covered the mountains by more than 20 feet.