The Flood

Finally, the water covered even the highest mountains on the earth, standing more than twenty-two feet above the highest peaks.  All the living things on earth died – birds, domestic animals, wild animals, all kinds of small animals, and all the people.  Everything died that breathed and lived on dry land.  Every living thing on the earth was wiped out – people, animals both large and small, and birds.  They were all destroyed, and only Noah was left alive, along with those who were with him in the boat. (Genesis 7:19-23 NLT)