16 Make a window for the boat about 1 cubit[39] below the roof.[40] Put a door in the side of the boat. Make three floors in the boat: a top deck, a middle deck, and a lower deck.

17 “Understand what I am telling you. I will bring a great flood of water on the earth. I will destroy all living things that live under heaven. Everything on the earth will die.

18 I will make a special agreement with you. You, your wife, your sons, and their wives will all go into the boat.