Genesis 7:16-18

Living Bible

¹⁶ Two by two they came, male and female, just as God had commanded. Then the Lord God^[a] closed the door and shut them in.

¹⁷ For forty days the roaring floods prevailed, covering the ground and lifting the boat high above the earth. ¹⁸ As the water rose higher and higher above the ground, the boat floated safely upon it;