12 God looked on the earth and saw how debased and degenerate it was, for all humanity had corrupted their way on the earth and lost their true direction.

13 God said to Noah, "I intend to make an end of all that lives, for through men the land is filled with violence; and behold, I am about to[4] destroy them together with the land.

14 Make yourself an[5] ark of[6] gopher wood; make in it rooms (stalls, pens, coops, nests, cages, compartments) and[7] coat it inside and out with pitch (bitumen).