3 Then the Lord said, ^z“My Spirit shall not abide in¹ man forever, ^afor he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.”

5 ^bThe Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every ^cintention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

13 And God said to Noah, ^l“I have determined to make an end of all flesh,¹ for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 14 Make yourself an ark of gopher wood.² Make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch.