¹⁹ And the waters prevailed overwhelmingly^[a] upon the earth, and they covered all the high mountains which were under the entire heaven.^{[b] 20} The waters swelled fifteen cubits above the mountains, covering them.^{[c] 21} And every living thing that moved on the earth perished—the birds, and the domesticated animals, and the wild animals, and everything that swarmed on the earth, and all humankind.