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17. “And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters
increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
18. “And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the
earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
19. “And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the
high hills, that _were_ under the whole heaven, were covered.
20. “Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains
were covered.
21. “And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of
cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the
earth, and every man:
22. “All in whose nostrils _was_ the breath of life, of all that _was_
in the dry land, died.
23. “And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of
the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl
of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only
remained _alive_, and they that _were_ with him in the ark.