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Genesis 6:11-7:1 NIV
11 Now the earth was corrupt in
God's sight and was full of violence.
12 God saw how corrupt the
earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their
ways.
13 So God said to Noah, "I am
going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with
violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and
the earth.
14 So make yourself an ark of
cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and
out.
15 This is how you are to build
it: The ark is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high.
16 Make a roof for it and
finish the ark to within 18 inches of the top. Put a door in the
side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks.
17 I am going to bring
floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens,
every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on
earth will perish.
18 But I will establish my
covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and
your wife and your sons' wives with you.
19 You are to bring into the
ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive
with you.
20 Two of every kind of bird,
of every kind of animal and of every kind of creature that moves
along the ground will come to you to be kept alive.
21 You are to take every kind
of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and
for them."
22 Noah did everything just as God commanded him.
Genesis 7
1 The LORD then said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and your
whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation. |
