14they, and every animal after its kind, all the cattle after their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort.
15They went to Noah into the ark, by pairs of all flesh with the breath of life in them.
16Those who went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him; and Yahweh shut him in.
17The flood was forty days on the earth. The waters increased, and lifted up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.
18The waters prevailed, and increased greatly on the earth; and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.
19The waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth. All the high mountains that were under the whole sky were covered.
20The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.
