16 You are to make a roof,[a] finishing the sides of the ark to within eighteen inches[b] of the roof. You are to put a door in the side of the ark. Make it with lower, middle, and upper decks.

17 “Understand that I am bringing a flood—floodwaters on the earth(A) to destroy every creature under heaven with the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish. 18 But I will establish my covenant with you,(B) and you will enter the ark with your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives.

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Footnotes

  1. 6:16 Or window, or hatch; Hb uncertain
  2. 6:16 Lit to a cubit

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