8. But the Lord was pleased with Noah,
9. and this is the story about him. Noah was the only person who lived right and obeyed God.
10. He had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
13. So he told Noah:Cruelty and violence have spread everywhere. Now I'm going to destroy the whole earth and all its people.
14. Get some good timber and build a boat. Put rooms in it and cover it with tar inside and out.
15. Make it one hundred and thirty-three metres long, twenty-two metres wide, and thirteen metres high.
16. Build a roof on the boat and leave a space of about forty-four centimetres between the roof and the sides. Make the boat three storeys high and put a door on one side.
17. I'm going to send a flood that will destroy everything that breathes! Nothing will be left alive.