²⁰ [In fact] the waters became fifteen cubits higher, as the high hills were covered.

²¹ And all flesh ceased to breathe that moved upon the earth—fowls and birds, [tame] animals, [wild] beasts, all swarming and creeping things that swarm and creep upon the land, and all mankind.

²² Everything on the dry land in whose nostrils were the breath and spirit of life died.