Genesis 7:13-20

New Catholic Bible

¹³ That day Noah and his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth entered the ark along with the wife of Noah and the three wives of his sons. ¹⁴ They entered along with all living creatures according to their kind, all cattle according to their kind, all creeping creatures according to their kind, and all birds according to their kind. ¹⁵ They went into the ark with Noah, two by two, every creature that had breath in it. ¹⁶ Those that came, male and female of every type of flesh, entered the ark as God had commanded. The Lord closed the door after them.

¹⁷ The flood lasted for forty days. The waters rose and lifted the ark off the earth as they increased. ¹⁸ The waters continued to swell and increased greatly on the earth until the ark floated upon the waters. ¹⁹ The waters rose more and more on the earth and covered all the highest mountains that are under the heavens. ²⁰ The waters were fifteen cubits over the tops of the mountains that they covered.