16. Leave an 18-inch opening below the roof all the way around the boat. Put the door on the side, and build three decks inside the boat—lower, middle, and upper.
17. “Look! I am about to cover the earth with a flood that will destroy every living thing that breathes. Everything on earth will die.
18. But I will confirm my covenant with you. So enter the boat—you and your wife and your sons and their wives.
19. Bring a pair of every kind of animal—a male and a female—into the boat with you to keep them alive during the flood.